Haryana BJP president urges Jat agitators to withdraw protest

Haryana BJP-president Subhash Barala on Saturday said that the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has accepted all demands of the Jat community protesting for reservation in government jobs, and urged the agitators to withdraw their agitation.

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"Now that the government has accepted all their demands, the agitators must withdraw their protest. The Government held talks with the khap panchayat leaders and in the all party meeting, the Chief Minister had even said it wants to give reservation to the Jat community. The Chief Minister even said that he is willing to introduce a bill in this regard," Barala told ANI

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"I think after so much assurance, there is no need for such an aggressive protest. We have still opened talks, so I appease to the protestors to withdraw their protest. They should protest non-violently if they want to," he added.

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He further appealed to every section of the society to main peace in the state.

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Meanwhile, the train services have been badly hit in the state in the wake of the pro-reservation agitation.

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Passenger trains going from Delhi to Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu have been affected.

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Meanwhile, the army and para-military personell have also been called in eight districts of the state after one person was killed and 21 injured in police action as the Jat protest for quota turned violent.

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The rampaging mobs set ablaze the state finance minister's house besides several government and private properties.

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Protesters also took some police personnel captive besides going on a rampage at many places including Rohtak, Jhajjar and Hansi, targeting police and private vehicles, buildings housing offices.