AIJASS to hold rally in Rohtak tomorrow

All India Jat Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti (AIJASS), which is spearheading the pro-quota Jat stir, today said it will hold a 'Bhaichara' rally in Rohtak tomorrow to decide about the next phase of agitation.
AIJASS has charged the BJP-led government of "failing" to fulfill its demands.
In view of the rally, additional police has been deployed in Rohtak to ensure that the event passes off smoothly, a police official said.
Notably, Rohtak had been the epicentre of the Jat stir in the state in February this year, which claimed 30 lives. Some miscreants had also caused large scale damage to property at various places including Rohtak.

"We will hold a Bhaichara rally tomorrow in which several Khaps and people belonging to other castes have been invited to decide about the agitation," AIJASS President Yashpal Malik said today.
He said they will discuss why the state government is not accepting their demands and how to go about agitation.

BJP MP from Kurukshetra Raj Kumar Saini, who has been in the dock in the past over his alleged anti-Jat rants, was also scheduled to hold a public meeting in Rohtak tomorrow, but he decided to postpone it by a day.
"That meeting has been postponed by a day," he said.

AIJASS, which had called off its agitation in the month of June, had given time till August 31 to the state government to resolve its issues.
Among major demands, Jats are demanding release of "innocent youths" arrested during February stir, adequate compensation and job to next of kin of those who lost their lives in the recent stir, sincere efforts by state government to get the stay vacated on Jat reservation in Punjab and Haryana High Court and withdrawal of cases against protesters during current phase of agitation.
Yashpal Malik alleged the state government of adopting lackadaisical approach in getting the stay vacated on Jat reservation from the High Court.

Notably, Haryana government had given 10 per cent quota to Jats and five other castes in government jobs and educational institutions in the state by creating Backward Class 'C' category following protests in February this year.
However, the quota was stayed in May this year by Punjab and Haryana High Court after a petition was filed challenging the reservation.
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AIJASS chief Yashpal Malik had said that from March 1, the protesters will not cooperate with the government and no one will pay power, water bills and instalment of loans that they owe to the government.
Jats from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh will protest in the national capital on March 2 and submit a memorandum on the quota issue to the President, he had said.

They also plan to gherao Parliament, the date for which will be announced on March 2.
A four-member state-level committee comprising ADGP (Law and Order), Additional Advocate General and two representatives of the agitators had been constituted for redressal of grievances of the Jats.
As many as 30 people were killed and property worth crores of rupees was damaged at many places in Haryana during last year's Jat stir which had turned violent.
Rohtak and some of its neighbouring districts, including Sonipat and Jhajjar, were the worst hit by the violence.