JAT AGITATION FOR RESERVATION: EVENTS AS THEY UNFOLDED THIS YEAR

The All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) has called off a protest that threatened to cripple national capital Delhi on Monday after reaching a truce with the Haryana government. Sit-in demonstrations will, however, continue in Haryana till March 26, when the AIJASS will review its decision.The Jats are demanding quota in government jobs and education. Here is the timeline of the Jat stir unfolded this year:

JAN 29: AIJASS)begins dharnas in 19 Haryana districts. FEB 7: Haryana government constitutes five-member panel headed by chief secretary DS Dhesi to hold talks with Jat leaders. FEB 11: Jats hold dialogue with government panel in Panipat. No breakthrough but Jats agree for another round of talks. FEB 19: Jats observe Balidan Divas, call for Parliament gherao, non-cooperation movement (non-payment of power, water bills and loans). FEB 20: Jats hold second round of talks with government panel in Panipat. The talks remain inconclusive, but government agrees to form panel to see legality of case withdrawal. FEB 24: No breakthrough by legal panel. Jats once again refuse to hold talks with government panel, calling it powerless. Demand new panel. FEB 26: Jats observe ‘Black Day’, ask community to stop buying goods from shops that are not supporting their stir in written. Momentum for Parliament gherao builds up. MAR 2: Jats take protest to Jantar Mantar in Delhi, say will choke Delhi and gherao Parliament on March 20. MAR 16: Haryana government forms new panel under education minister Ram Bilas Sharma. Talks positive, Sharma says agitation to end. Jats say will meet CM Khattar on March 17 and take a final call. MAR 17: CM does not show up for meeting. Jats say protest to go on. MAR 19: CM calls Jats for meeting in Delhi. Agreement reached on six demands. Delhi protest plan called off. Jats to decide about lifting dharnas on March 26.