- Committee set up by BJP discussed legal and socio-economic aspects.
- Jat Quota Agitation withdrawn from Bharatpur in Rajathan.
- Supply of fuel and cooking gas restored in most cities.
- Venkaiah Naidu calls Haryana BJP MP Rajkumar Saini for a meeting on Wednesday.
- Thirty five non-Jat community members threaten to hold protest in Jind
- Agitation enters tenth day. Jat leaders have called off protests but sporadic isolated incidents reported.
- Death toll reaches 19; 183 injured.
- Damages may amount to Rs 34,000 crore, says PHD Chamber of Commerce; 33 Haryana Roadways buses have been set on fire and 99 others damaged.
- 320 cases have been registered against protesters and 102 persons have been arrested.
- Sonepat police directs schools, colleges to be closed till Wednesday.
- Haryana CM Khattar, ministers to meet Venkaiah Naidu at 3.30 pm.
Venkaiah Naidu Panel Discuss Legal and Socio-Economic Aspects
The high-powered committee set up by BJP on Tuesday held deliberations with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and weighed various options before it for providing reservation. The committee has agreed to the principle of the demand for reservation.
The panel, headed by Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, examined various socio-economic and legal aspects as also the position adopted by previous governments on the vexed issue of Jat reservation during the hour-long meeting.
Sources said the meeting discussed the course taken by the agitation in the last few years and sought to ascertain the socially and economically backward communities in the state.
They also discussed how courts have reacted to the issue in the past.
Protestors Withdraw Agitation in Rajasthan
The Jat community in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur withdrew their stir on Tuesday following an assurance by the state government that a bill will be brought in the upcoming assembly session to include them in the OBC category.
The state government is already working on a bill on Other Backward Classes (OBC) in which Jat would be covered, and the bill would be brought in the upcoming session of assembly beginning Feb 29. The state government would try its best to get included Jats of Dholpur and Bharatpur in the Central OBC list.Arun Chaturvedi, Minister, Social Justice and Empowerment
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu called all BJP MPs from Haryana for a meeting at 9:30 am on Tuesday.
Fuel Supply Restored in Most Cities
With day-to-day life limping back to normalcy, supply of fuel and cooking gas almost returned to normal in most cities, except Sonepat, Hissar and Bhiwani – the epicenters of the stir.
In the 10-day stir which saw arson and violence in several parts of the state, 26 petroleum outlets were vandalized by mobs.
The supplies of fuel and LPG were severely hit in the worst-affected areas – Rohtak, Bhiwnai, Jhajjar, Jind, Sonepat and Kaithal, where people faced shortage of petrol, diesel, and domestic gas.
An official said on Tuesday:
The supplies of petrol, diesel and LPG are now turning normal in most parts of Haryana. Our supplies through trucks also resumed which got stuck in blockades put up by protesters. We hope supplies in all the districts will become normal by Thursday. We sent 12 trucks each of fuel and LPG to Rohtak today.