Jats to resume agitation for reservation

AIJASS president said that agitation would start on commencement of the next Parliament session

All India Jat Aarakshan Sanghrash Samiti (AIJASS) on Tuesday said that they would resume their agitation for reservation in government services in the state as well the centre for the community. 

Agitation would start on commencement of the next Parliament session , AIJASS president Yashpal Malik said. Malik was addressing a rally in village Mayyar, near Hisar in Haryana.

The rally was organised to mark the death anniversary of Sunil Sheoran who died during the Jat agitation in 2012 in Mayyar village.

During the arson at the time of Jat agitation in February this year 30 people had died and properties worth crores was damaged at many places in Haryana.

Malik alleged that previous Congress government and the present Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government were not working honestly for their demand.

"Congress as well BJP has betrayed Jats on their demand for reservation," he said.

"If the BJP government continued with its policies against reservation for Jats, they will cease to exist," he said.

"Central and state governments are adopting dual policies on reservation issue and wasting time by hanging the issue in the court," he said.

Inspite of assurance given by the Centre and the BJP president Amit Shah, the matter of Jat reservation is still hanging and resentment is prevailing in the Jat community, he said.

He said the community is now planning an all-out battle for their reservation against the governments.

Speaking on the riots that occurred during last Jat agitation in the state, Malik alleged an MP — referring to Kurukshetra lawmaker Raj Kumar Saini — had hatched the whole plan in which several were killed.

Action should be taken against the responsible MP, he said without naming Saini.

Malik admitted that due to split in the Jat community, the agitation could not get success previously but this time it will be a big agitation.

The community has been a victim of politics, he said.

Jat leaders and a number of people of the community from Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan addressed the rally.