Jat Reservation Protests

Taking their quota stir to the national capital, thousands of Jat community members protested at Jantar Mantar on Thursday and demanded reservations in jobs and educational institutions.

With protesting Jats observing "Balidan Divas" (day of sacrifice) today and threatening to intensify their agitation for reservation, Haryana is on high alert with maximum deployment of forces to prevent any untoward incident.

Protests by the Jat community in Haryana seeking reservation in education institutes and government jobs continued on the 18th day today.

Seeking reservation in government jobs for the community, members of Jat organisations on Sunday started another round of agitation in Haryana as authorities in the state sounded a high alert to prevent the outbreak of violence.

As Haryana braces for a fresh round of quota agitation by Jats, the district administration has imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code or CrPC in parts of Rohtak district as a precautionary measure. The assembly of five or more people in about 500 metres from national and state highways, along with railway stations i...

Opportunities, not reservation, is what's needed, said a top leader of the BJP's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS today, which is likely to cause the party some burn, given that key states including Uttar Pradesh vote in the next few weeks.

In less than a month, voting in Uttar Pradesh will begin with the western part of the state, and it is here, in Muzaffarnagar, that Jat leaders held a huge meeting over a week ago to discuss who they will support. It will not be the BJP, their leaders announced, to an audience of thousands who had gathered from six different states including Haryan...

Jat leaders owing allegiance to All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti (AIJASS), held dharnas at various places in the state for the second day today but on a low-key note and drawing lukewarm response.

The Delhi Police has declared Section 144, banning large gatherings in border districts this evening as the Jats carried on protests for quota in jobs and education in neighbouring Haryana.

The Jat community in Haryana begins a second round of agitation on Sunday to press on their demand of an increased quota in government jobs and educational institutes.

Ahead of the proposed agitation by Jats seeking reservation from June 5, prohibitory orders were today imposed in seven sensitive districts of Haryana barring gathering of five or more persons even as one person was booked on charge of sedition in Hisar.

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.

About 90 officials, including IAS and IPS officers, have been identified in a report on Jat agitation for failing to perform their duty when widespread violence and arson hit eight districts of Haryana during the reservation protests in February.

The Budget Session of Parliament will discuss issues related to Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU controversy, Jat reservation protests in Haryana,suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad and Pathankot terror attack on priority. The Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill which is crucial to the government's reforms plans will also be discu...

Accusing Haryana Government of not fulfilling its demand of giving reservation to Jats under OBC category, members of the community today warned to intensify their protests June onwards even as they made a strong pitch for bringing a central legislation to cover them under quota.

Taking their quota stir to the national capital, thousands of Jat community members protested at Jantar Mantar on Thursday and demanded reservations in jobs and educational institutions.

With protesting Jats observing "Balidan Divas" (day of sacrifice) today and threatening to intensify their agitation for reservation, Haryana is on high alert with maximum deployment of forces to prevent any untoward incident.

Protests by the Jat community in Haryana seeking reservation in education institutes and government jobs continued on the 18th day today.

Seeking reservation in government jobs for the community, members of Jat organisations on Sunday started another round of agitation in Haryana as authorities in the state sounded a high alert to prevent the outbreak of violence.

As Haryana braces for a fresh round of quota agitation by Jats, the district administration has imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code or CrPC in parts of Rohtak district as a precautionary measure. The assembly of five or more people in about 500 metres from national and state highways, along with railway stations i...

Opportunities, not reservation, is what's needed, said a top leader of the BJP's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS today, which is likely to cause the party some burn, given that key states including Uttar Pradesh vote in the next few weeks.

In less than a month, voting in Uttar Pradesh will begin with the western part of the state, and it is here, in Muzaffarnagar, that Jat leaders held a huge meeting over a week ago to discuss who they will support. It will not be the BJP, their leaders announced, to an audience of thousands who had gathered from six different states including Haryan...

Jat leaders owing allegiance to All-India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti (AIJASS), held dharnas at various places in the state for the second day today but on a low-key note and drawing lukewarm response.

The Delhi Police has declared Section 144, banning large gatherings in border districts this evening as the Jats carried on protests for quota in jobs and education in neighbouring Haryana.

The Jat community in Haryana begins a second round of agitation on Sunday to press on their demand of an increased quota in government jobs and educational institutes.

Ahead of the proposed agitation by Jats seeking reservation from June 5, prohibitory orders were today imposed in seven sensitive districts of Haryana barring gathering of five or more persons even as one person was booked on charge of sedition in Hisar.

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.

About 90 officials, including IAS and IPS officers, have been identified in a report on Jat agitation for failing to perform their duty when widespread violence and arson hit eight districts of Haryana during the reservation protests in February.

The Budget Session of Parliament will discuss issues related to Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU controversy, Jat reservation protests in Haryana,suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad and Pathankot terror attack on priority. The Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill which is crucial to the government's reforms plans will also be discu...

Accusing Haryana Government of not fulfilling its demand of giving reservation to Jats under OBC category, members of the community today warned to intensify their protests June onwards even as they made a strong pitch for bringing a central legislation to cover them under quota.