Haryana is on edge again, as the 72-hour deadline set by the Jats for resuming their agitation over quota, ends on Thursday night.
Various Jat organisations had, on Monday, threatened to resume their quota agitation, which rocked the state last month and claimed 30 lives, if the Manohar Lal Khattar government did not meet their demand by Thursday.
The Centre has sent 80 companies (about 800 personnel) of paramilitary forces to the state which are being deployed in sensitive areas like Rohtak and Jhajjar districts, which were the worst-affected during the first phase of the agitation last month.
The security personnel are also conducting Flag Marches to instil confidence among the public, in view of the large-scale arson and violence witnessed last month.
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