The members of the community blocked the highways and other roads connecting Rohtak to Jhajjar, Sonipat, Panipat and Delhi.
The Jat protesters blocked rail and road traffic in Rohtak-Jhajjar region today demanding reservation in government jobs under Other Backward Classes or OBC category.
The members of the community blocked the highways and other roads connecting Rohtak to Jhajjar, Sonipat, Panipat and Delhi.
The protesters had yesterday blocked the NH-10 passing through Sampla town in Rohtak district during a rally. Haryana's main opposition party INLD also came in full support of the community as the party at a meeting of its state executive held at Sirsa today, passed a resolution favouring reservation for other communities including Jat-Sikhs, Tyagi, Ror and Bishnois.
In Rohtak's Sampla town, Haryana Agriculture Minister Om Prakash Dhankhar assured the Jat protesters that he would raise their issue in the Assembly's forthcoming budget session next month.
While some protesters agreed to lift the blockade, many decided to continue their protest.
Rail traffic on the Rohtak-Delhi section was badly hit, officials said, adding many trains had to be diverted through alternative routes.
The protesters, demanding reservation in jobs, also disrupted vehicular traffic on the Jhajjar-Rohtak road and threatened to intensify the stir if the government does not give any firm assurance.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who was in Rohtak today, said that the four-member committee constituted by his government on the reservation issue demanded by the community Jats in government jobs, would submit its report by March 31.
He said the government would take action on the basis of the report of the committee headed by the Chief Secretary.
"The committee was constituted after consultation with all concerned and it would submit its report after considering all aspects concerning the central and state governments and decisions of the judiciary," he said.
On February 9, the state government had formed a four-member committee comprising Chief Secretary D S Dhesi, Principal Secretary, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes T C Gupta, Principal Secretary (Industries) Devender Singh and a representative from the office of the Haryana Advocate General to examine the issue in detail.
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