With Jat leaders threatening to resume the agitation in case the BJP led Haryana government does not meet their demands by March 17. The Haryana government has sought paramilitary forces from the Centre for “sensitive” areas of state.
Paramilitary force has been demanded (through state Home department) from the Centre. We have made adequate police security arrangements. We have adequate forces and are deploying them accordingly.Sanjay Kumar, IGP, Rohtak Range
Haryana police faced criticism for its failure to prevent and control violence during the Jat agitation in February, in which 30 people lost their lives. The then IGP Rohtak Shrikant Jadhav was suspended by Haryana government.
Several districts including Rohtak, the epicentre of Jat agitation, Jhajjar, Kaithal, Jind, Sonipat and Bhiwani had witnessed violence by arsonists and unruly mobs. The influential Jat community led by All India Jat Sangharsh Samiti had threatened to relaunch their agitation if the state government did not meet their demands by March 17.
Jats are demanding 10 per cent quota in jobs and educational institutions, besides withdrawal of FIRs registered against the protesters, compensation to those killed during the stir and action against BJP MP from Kurukshetra Raj Kumar Saini for his “anti-Jat” reservation stand.
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