Central Government Caves in to Jat Protestors’ Demand

The Jat community will get reservation in govt jobs. A draft legislation will be brought in the next session.

Protesters set shops on fire as the Jat agitation demanding reservation intensifies in Sonipat on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

The Jat community will get reservation in government jobs and a draft legislation will be brought in the next session of the Haryana assembly in this regard, a senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party said on Sunday.

BJP leader Anil Jain, who is in charge of the party affairs in Haryana, made the announcement after a meeting of central ministers. The meeting was attended by party leaders, leaders of the Jat community, khaps and Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi.

At least 10 people have been killed and 150 injured in violence linked to the pro-quota agitation by the Jat community in Haryana.

Thousands of people continued to suffer as the violent agitation continued for the eighth day on Sunday.

The agitation paralysed life in the entire state, as well as blocked railways and highways, cutting off all northern states from Delhi.