Jat Quota Violence

Jat community members in Haryana today threatened to oppose programmes attended by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his ministers for not implementing quota in government jobs and education and not withdrawing cases filed in connection with the 2016 quota stir.

The Haryana government has given its nod to the withdrawal of 70 FIRs registered in connection with the February 2016 Jat quota stir violence.

CBI today registered three cases to probe incidents of violence and arson during the Jat quota agitation in Rohtak in February, including the burning of residence of Haryana Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu.

The Jat community in Haryana will begin a second round of agitation starting today to press on their demand of an increased quota in government jobs and educational institutes. Anticipating a repeat of February's violent protests which claimed at least 30 lives and injured hundreds, the police and administration have prepped strong.

To avoid a repeat of the violence that seared Haryana in February, the state government has configured security arrangements that include special protection for a canal that supplies most of Delhi's water as the Jats threaten a new round of demonstrations on Sunday.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said "irresponsible" people were occupying posts of "responsibility" and this resulted in the violence during the Jat agitation for reservation and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter.

The Prakash Singh Committee report on the large-scale violence during the Jat agitation for reservation in February, has blasted the civil and police administration, particularly senior officers, for abandoning their authority which it said led to the agitation paralysing the state for days.

Prakash Singh, who headed the committee that submitted a report on the violence during the Jat quota agitation, has claimed that attempts were made by some people to influence him during its preparation.

The Parkash Singh Committee, probing the role of police and civil administration officials during the Jat reservation stir, today submitted its report to Haryana government, pointing towards "negligence" on part of certain officials in controlling the situation.

Haryana government on Friday announced the setting up of a two-member Commission of Inquiry to inquire into violence and the circumstances leading to it during the Jat agitation for reservation in February.

For the first time since reports alleged that women were pulled out of cars and raped in Murthal near Delhi at the height of the Jat quota agitation, a police case has been filed.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the incidents of violence and arson that had occurred during the Jat reservation agitation in the state would be thoroughly investigated and those found guilty would not be spared.

Akhil Bharatiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (ABJASS), the body that spearheaded the Jat quota stir in February, today threatened to resume the agitation if its demands are not met by the end of this month.

Prohibitory orders were clamped and mobile internet services suspended at many places in Haryana today as the state braced for possible renewal of the Jat quota agitation that had led to widespread violence claiming the lives of 30 people last month.

A delegation of Congress' Haryana unit including its MPs and MLAs, led by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, met President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in resolving the SYL canal dispute with Punjab and raised the issue of violence during the Jat quota stir.

Jat community members in Haryana today threatened to oppose programmes attended by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his ministers for not implementing quota in government jobs and education and not withdrawing cases filed in connection with the 2016 quota stir.

The Haryana government has given its nod to the withdrawal of 70 FIRs registered in connection with the February 2016 Jat quota stir violence.

CBI today registered three cases to probe incidents of violence and arson during the Jat quota agitation in Rohtak in February, including the burning of residence of Haryana Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu.

The Jat community in Haryana will begin a second round of agitation starting today to press on their demand of an increased quota in government jobs and educational institutes. Anticipating a repeat of February's violent protests which claimed at least 30 lives and injured hundreds, the police and administration have prepped strong.

To avoid a repeat of the violence that seared Haryana in February, the state government has configured security arrangements that include special protection for a canal that supplies most of Delhi's water as the Jats threaten a new round of demonstrations on Sunday.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said "irresponsible" people were occupying posts of "responsibility" and this resulted in the violence during the Jat agitation for reservation and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter.

The Prakash Singh Committee report on the large-scale violence during the Jat agitation for reservation in February, has blasted the civil and police administration, particularly senior officers, for abandoning their authority which it said led to the agitation paralysing the state for days.

Prakash Singh, who headed the committee that submitted a report on the violence during the Jat quota agitation, has claimed that attempts were made by some people to influence him during its preparation.

The Parkash Singh Committee, probing the role of police and civil administration officials during the Jat reservation stir, today submitted its report to Haryana government, pointing towards "negligence" on part of certain officials in controlling the situation.

Haryana government on Friday announced the setting up of a two-member Commission of Inquiry to inquire into violence and the circumstances leading to it during the Jat agitation for reservation in February.

For the first time since reports alleged that women were pulled out of cars and raped in Murthal near Delhi at the height of the Jat quota agitation, a police case has been filed.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the incidents of violence and arson that had occurred during the Jat reservation agitation in the state would be thoroughly investigated and those found guilty would not be spared.

Akhil Bharatiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (ABJASS), the body that spearheaded the Jat quota stir in February, today threatened to resume the agitation if its demands are not met by the end of this month.

Prohibitory orders were clamped and mobile internet services suspended at many places in Haryana today as the state braced for possible renewal of the Jat quota agitation that had led to widespread violence claiming the lives of 30 people last month.

A delegation of Congress' Haryana unit including its MPs and MLAs, led by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, met President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in resolving the SYL canal dispute with Punjab and raised the issue of violence during the Jat quota stir.