Jat Haryana

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the "casteist" mindset of the Jat community of the state for the adverse Haryana assembly election results and advising them to change their mentality.

The political landscape of Haryana dominated significantly by the Jat community has witnessed a drastic change in the last decade, ever since the BJP came to power in 2014, and continued its winning streak in 2024.

The BJP is set to win a historic third straight term in Haryana in an election that many expected it to lose in face of massive anti-incumbency, anger among farmers and Jats, and over the Agniveer scheme.

The two keywords in this Haryana election were Jats and Jalebis. The Congress bet heavily on both, but the trends show this has not paid off

Around 9 am, one hour after the counting of votes for Haryana Assembly polls began, the Congress had surged far ahead of the BJP. Jalebis were being distributed in the Congress headquarters in Delhi, dhols were out and the BJP office was deserted

If the Congress wins Haryana with a big margin, then it will be a big stamp of approval to Rahul's politics of secularism and his recent experiment with social justice. A loss on the other hand will bring confusion in the Congress ranks.

This year's general election has proven that no election in India is a foregone conclusion. It's true that the Congress currently holds an edge. But whether it will be able to maintain this advantage will be another story.

A huge crowd gathered on Wednesday at Jind in Haryana for a farmers' "mahapanchayat" or meeting to push for the repeal of three new laws at the heart of farmer protests outside Delhi since November. While several such gatherings have been seen in the past few days in Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday's meeting took it to Haryana's Jat heartland.

In what seems to be a case of dishonour killing, a woman and her husband to-be, both from the Jat community but from different villages in Haryana's Rohtak district, were allegedly shot at by her uncle who disapproved of their relationship.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb today took to Twitter to seek apology from the Punjabi and Jat communities after his shocking comments that painted stereotyped caricatures of Haryana's Jats and the Bengalis.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb talked himself into a controversy after shocking comments that painted stereotyped caricatures of Haryana's Jatsand the Bengalis

The results of the Haryana Assembly elections may have settled the debate on the legacy of former Deputy Prime Minister and Jat stalwart Devi Lal in the favour of his great grandson Dushyant Chautala.

The Haryana Assembly poll verdict threw up a hung House, with no party reaching the majority figures. The BJP is leading on 40 seats in the 90-member Haryana assembly, where the majority mark is at 46. The Congress is leading on 31 seats. Jat leader Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) could emerge as a possible kingmaker.

The BJP has calibrated its campaign in Haryana with caste, state loyalties and the dazzle of showbiz in mind, placing prominent Jat leaders from other parts of the country in areas dominated by their caste and using Bhojpuri stars in urban centres with sizable immigrant populations.

As poll campaign enters the final leg in the Jat-dominated Sonipat parliamentary seat in Haryana, the 2016 violent quota agitation has triggered a fresh war of words between the ruling BJP and the Congress.

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the "casteist" mindset of the Jat community of the state for the adverse Haryana assembly election results and advising them to change their mentality.

The political landscape of Haryana dominated significantly by the Jat community has witnessed a drastic change in the last decade, ever since the BJP came to power in 2014, and continued its winning streak in 2024.

The BJP is set to win a historic third straight term in Haryana in an election that many expected it to lose in face of massive anti-incumbency, anger among farmers and Jats, and over the Agniveer scheme.

The two keywords in this Haryana election were Jats and Jalebis. The Congress bet heavily on both, but the trends show this has not paid off

Around 9 am, one hour after the counting of votes for Haryana Assembly polls began, the Congress had surged far ahead of the BJP. Jalebis were being distributed in the Congress headquarters in Delhi, dhols were out and the BJP office was deserted

If the Congress wins Haryana with a big margin, then it will be a big stamp of approval to Rahul's politics of secularism and his recent experiment with social justice. A loss on the other hand will bring confusion in the Congress ranks.

This year's general election has proven that no election in India is a foregone conclusion. It's true that the Congress currently holds an edge. But whether it will be able to maintain this advantage will be another story.

A huge crowd gathered on Wednesday at Jind in Haryana for a farmers' "mahapanchayat" or meeting to push for the repeal of three new laws at the heart of farmer protests outside Delhi since November. While several such gatherings have been seen in the past few days in Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday's meeting took it to Haryana's Jat heartland.

In what seems to be a case of dishonour killing, a woman and her husband to-be, both from the Jat community but from different villages in Haryana's Rohtak district, were allegedly shot at by her uncle who disapproved of their relationship.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb today took to Twitter to seek apology from the Punjabi and Jat communities after his shocking comments that painted stereotyped caricatures of Haryana's Jats and the Bengalis.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb talked himself into a controversy after shocking comments that painted stereotyped caricatures of Haryana's Jatsand the Bengalis

The results of the Haryana Assembly elections may have settled the debate on the legacy of former Deputy Prime Minister and Jat stalwart Devi Lal in the favour of his great grandson Dushyant Chautala.

The Haryana Assembly poll verdict threw up a hung House, with no party reaching the majority figures. The BJP is leading on 40 seats in the 90-member Haryana assembly, where the majority mark is at 46. The Congress is leading on 31 seats. Jat leader Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) could emerge as a possible kingmaker.

The BJP has calibrated its campaign in Haryana with caste, state loyalties and the dazzle of showbiz in mind, placing prominent Jat leaders from other parts of the country in areas dominated by their caste and using Bhojpuri stars in urban centres with sizable immigrant populations.

As poll campaign enters the final leg in the Jat-dominated Sonipat parliamentary seat in Haryana, the 2016 violent quota agitation has triggered a fresh war of words between the ruling BJP and the Congress.