Jats to stage dharnas from Aug 16, says AIJASS chief

All India Jat Aarkashan Sanghrash Samiti (AIJASS) president Yashpal Malik on Sunday announced that Jats will hold dharnas at the events of Chief Minister Manohar Lal and Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu from August 16 onwards.

While addressing “Bhaichara sammelan” in Rohtak’s Jassia, Malik said that Jats will hold protest dharns over the non-fulfillment of various demands.

“The protest dharnas will be held in rural areas in Rohtak, Jhajjar, Dadri, Bhiwani, Hisar, Kaithal, Jind, Panipat, Sonipat. We will hold protest at events of Chief Minister and Finance Minister in these districts,” he added.

He also asked the Haryana Government to fix a deadline to fulfill all demands of the Jat community.

The community has been demanding reservation in  Government jobs and educational institutions, general amnesty for those booked during the February 2016 Jat quota violence, reconsideration of criminal cases lodged against Jat agitators since 2010 and permanent jobs to next-of-kin of those killed and those maimed during the 2016 Jat agitation in Haryana.

The Jat leaders had recently expressed strong displeasure over Haryana Government’s stand on not withdrawing cases against members of the Jat community languishing in jails related to the February 2016 violence and had announced to renew its agitation.

Malik also announced that Jats will hold programmes in poll-bound Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to apprize people about the injustice done to the community by the BJP.

The 2016 agitation had left 31 people dead, wounded more than 200, destroyed property worth hundreds of crores of rupees bringing Haryana and adjoining areas to a halt for more than 10 days.