'Consensual' solution to Jat issue soon: Birender Singh

Union minister Birender Singh today appealed to Jat protesters to end their stir and assured them that a "consensual" solution will soon be found out to the issue.
"The central leadership has assured me that a consensual solution will soon be reached. I assure you I will stand with you in your fight for your rights.
"We can find a solution to this through talks. I pray to you with folded hands to put an end to your struggle and return back to your homes," Singh, a Jat leader from Haryana, said.
His remarks came on a day when a high-powered committee set up by BJP to find solutions to the vexed issue held its first meeting here. The committee has called Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for further deliberations tomorrow.

The Minister for Rural Development said he was saddened by the "unfortunate and violent" incidents and the only way to find a solution is that everybody comes forward for talks.
"My opinion is that there should be positive solutions and strict action should be taken against anti-social elements," he said, adding in a democracy, peaceful agitation for solutions is a constitutional right.
He said that when an agitation gets violent, the focus shifts away from the real issue and the feeling of brotherhood and social harmony becomes its first victim as some people create an environment of mistrust and anarchy.

Singh also expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the incidents of violence during the stir and appealed to the state government to compensate them.