AIJASS TO HOLD RALLY IN FATEHABAD ON AUG 14

HISAR: Two days after the Punjab and Haryana high court stayed the reservation to Jats and five other communities in Haryana, the All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) said it will hold a rally in Samain village of Fatehabad district on August 14 to discuss its future strategy.

Addressing mediapersons here on Saturday, AIJASS state spokesperson Ram Bhagat Malik said, “AIJASS national president Yashpal Malik will address the rally. We will also discuss our strategy in view of the high court’s stay order on reservation to Jats and five other communities under the economically backward persons (EBP) category.”

Malik said the AIJASS will also organise a ‘Bhaichara’ rally in Jhajjar on August 27, wherein Jat leaders from different states will gather to “remind the state leadership of its commitments.”

On September 13, the AIJASS will hold a ‘Balidan Diwas’ in Mayyar village of Hisar district in the memory of Jat youth Sunil Sheoran who was killed in police firing during a Jat protest on September 13, 2010, he added.

‘BJP MUST ASK MP SAINI TO RESIGN’

Meanwhile, Malik criticised BJP MP from Kurukshetra Raj Kumar Saini for allegedly making repeated statements agains the Jat community.

“Raj Kumar Saini is continuosly making derogatory remarks against the Jat community and the BJP government in Haryana must ask for his resignation,” he said.