Jats to resume agitation

Hisar, Sep 13 (PTI) All India Jat Aarakshan SanghrashSamiti today said they would resume their agitation oncommencement of next Parliament session for their demand forreservation for the community in government services in thestate as well the centre, AIJASS president Yashpal Malik saidtoday. Malik was addressing a rally in village Mayyar, near here. The rally was organised to mark the death anniversary ofSunil Sheoran who died during the Jat agitation in 2012 inMayyar village. During the arson at the time of Jat agitation in Februarythis year 30 people had died and properties worth crores wasdamaged at many places in Haryana. Malik alleged that previous Congress government and thepresent BJP government were not working honestly for theirdemand. "Congress as well BJP has betrayed Jats on their demandfor reservation," he said. "If the BJP government continued with its policies againstreservation for Jats, they will cease to exist," he said. "Central and state governments are adopting dual policieson reservation issue and wasting time by hanging the issue inthe court," he said. Inspite of assurance given by central government and BJPpresident Amit Shah, the matter of Jat reservation is stillhanging and resentment is prevailing in the Jat community, hesaid. He said the community is now planning an all-out battlefor their reservation against the governments. Speaking on the riots that occurred during last Jatagitation in the state, Malik alleged an MP (referring toKurukshetra lawmaker Raj Kumar Saini) had hatched the wholeplan in which several were killed. Action should be taken against the responsible MP, hesaid without naming Saini. Malik admitted that due to split in the Jat community,the agitation could not get success previously but this timeit will be a big agitation. The community has been a victim of politics, he said. Jat leaders and a number of people of the community fromHaryana, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan addressedthe rally. PTI cor VJKUN