Jats are setting the state of Haryana on fire and once again the reason of protest is nothing else but reservation. First of all, let’s try to understand in brief who the Jats are…. They belong to a farming and martial community of North India and aren’t usually regarded as “backward”.
Even though the Chief Minister has offered them a special backward class quota taking into consideration the monetary status, they have rejected it. And the reason for the same is that they are asking for reservation in the category of OBC. But why?
They make up 29% of the total populace of the state, are in a good condition from the financial as well as political point of view and are affluent from the perspective of education too; BUT by getting reservation in the OBC category, they’ll be able to reserve seats in government jobs as per 27% OBC quota.
According to SC, Jats can’t be granted reservation on the basis of caste only and if the state adds reservation for Jats in the quota which is 27% OBC + 22.5% SC & ST, SC cap will be defied of 50% reservation.
As a protest, they burnt cars of Captain Abhimanyu, state minister as well as made an attempt of burning his house by forcing an entry. Not only this, they also disturbed the train services to MP, Rajasthan in addition to blocking rail tracks and highways. What’s more, 40 trains cancelled which cross the state over two days and on a number of routes, bus service has been disrupted.
One life is lost during police firing when a road close to Rohtak-Delhi bypass was blocked and several vehicles including a police jeep were set on fire. Army has been called in 8 districts and schools have been closed. Army officials had been airlifted to Rohtak when roads were dug up so that military cannot enter.
Twitter also reacted over the matter which is taking an uglier turn:
https://twitter.com/Samar_Anarya/status/700950946394804224
Rohtak n surrounding Districts gone 10-15 yrs backwards. Thanx 2 vote appeasement reservation politics
— Moksh Pasrija (@MokshPasrija) February 20, 2016
@narendramodi ROHTAK MEIN FORCE NAAM KI HE POLICE KI MILIBHAGAT KE KARAN SPORT NAHI KER RAHI HE
— SANJAY BHATIA (@9896175875) February 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/Sirensongs/status/700951944043442176
Damaging national & public property is not not Protest – https://t.co/9C29oWeC6p
— Resistance Power🔻 (@haidermpr) February 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/aaasifkhan/status/700950071764869120
https://twitter.com/Deep__Sojitra/status/700948246353604608
Shoot at Sight Orders in parts of Haryana including Rohtak, post the reservation stirs turns violent..!!
— N. Vijay Kumar (@nvijaykumar12) February 20, 2016
लाइव तस्वीर from Rohtak https://t.co/0xdHibXO0T
— Saif Khan💧 (@sarfu_khan1403) February 20, 2016
@mlkhattar mob standing outside a school in Rohtak.Have set 3 buses ablaze. Please look into the matter.🙏🏻 it's about the safety of children
— Abhijeet Gupta 🔆 (@iAbhijeetGupta) February 20, 2016
Why the hell,everyone is out for reservation.?? Jat row explodes, army conducts flag march in Rohtak https://t.co/mwB1ZdbT66
— Saurabh Mishra (@imsaurabhmishra) February 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/Samar_Anarya/status/700949164373495808
90yr Grandad in Rohtak 'Idiots to be told of the medals they win,wars they fight.Reservations for the weak not Jats' pic.twitter.com/grcAsrCl0L
— Preeti Choudhry (@PreetiChoudhry) February 20, 2016
#India: 3 dead and dozens wounded in #Haryana as violence explodes over jobs and education. https://t.co/LksXf211fe pic.twitter.com/Iy3fyGOsi2
— ѕyndιcalιѕт (@syndicalisms) February 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/er_vik/status/700974179198201856
https://twitter.com/Ajit_Dobhal/status/700973826075664384
Twitter users even asked for help from PM Narendra Modi:
https://twitter.com/skrjaiswal/status/700951178968850432
@narendramodi modi ji Rohtak is burning. Mob is looting markets. Army and police doing nothing. Please do something and help…
— sachin sahni (@yfmyouniform) February 20, 2016
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