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Jats threaten to launch quota agitation from June

Jats have asked the Haryana government to issue an official notification on giving reservation to the community

A file photo of people blocking railways tracks during a protest by Jats to demand reservation. Photo: PTIPremium
A file photo of people blocking railways tracks during a protest by Jats to demand reservation. Photo: PTI

New Delhi: Accusing the Haryana government of not fulfilling its demand of giving reservation to Jats under the other backward classes (OBC) category, members of the community on Tuesdau warned to intensify their protests June onwards even as they made a strong pitch for bringing a central legislation to cover them under quota.

The Akhil Bhartiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti, which held a protest in Delhi, warned its members will occupy bungalows and residences of parliamentarians “if the MPs ignored their demands" and said the indefinite protests will be expanded to 12 other states as well from 5 June.

The group’s representatives also met Union home minister Rajnath Singh earlier in the day over alleged injustice being meted out to its members by the Haryana government, and claimed the latter has assured them to look into the matters raised.

“We will launch agitation on 5 June if our demands are not met... we will be in Delhi again and none will be able to enter or leave its borders," president of the group Yashpal Malik said while addressing a community rally at Jantar Mantar.

“None will be able to leave or enter Delhi... the moment we will start lining up tractors and trolleys towards Delhi, it will take 15 days for all the tractors and trolleys to be moved to Delhi," he said.

“We will occupy residences of ministers and parliamentarians if they do not pay heed to our demands," Malik added.

He asked the centre to pass BJP parliamentarian P.P. Chaudhary’s private member bill introduced in the Lok Sabha for amending the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993.

The bill, moved in December 2015, proposes to do away with statutory requirement of consulting the commission for declaring a community as backward if it has already been announced so (backward) by a government.

Secondly, Malik demanded the Haryana government issue a gazette notification for Jat reservation and insisted those “falsely" implicated during quota agitation earlier be released immediately.

“Besides, the state government must give compensation to family members of those, who lost lives in earlier stirs. If any of our members is picked up now, we will launch agitation straight away," he added.

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Published: 10 May 2016, 10:53 PM IST
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