The Sunday Guardian

Delhi Police to deal With Jat stir

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The Delhi police has made adequate preparatio­ns to deal with the agitation by Jats demanding reservatio­ns, that will begin from 20 March. From mock drills to deployment of Jat cops and para-military forces, the Delhi police is making every possible arrangemen­t to counter the agitation led by Yashpal Malik, president of the All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samititi (AIJASS). Delhi Police commission­er Amulya Patnaik held a meeting on Thursday with all senior police officers, including special commission­ers, joint commission­ers and deputy commission­ers of districts, along with SHOs, to review arrangemen­ts. “No vehicle with protesters will be allowed inside the capital. There’s a Supreme Court direction in place which prescribes that no tractor and trolley should be permitted inside Delhi; therefore, the police is bound to implement the SC’s direction. If any protester tries to enter the capital, his vehicle will be impounded and the vehicles will not be released as it will be violation of the SC’s directions,” DCP (North) Madhur Verma said. “Delhi Police will ensure that additional forces are deployed. Police will also get help from anti-riot squads,” Verma added. The ashes of his beloved grandmothe­r being immersed in river Godavari, considered holy by the Hindus, Chandu Chavan finds peace in his ancestral house in Dhule’s Borvihir village now. Back to his native place after the first round of inquiry, Chandu Chavan is slated to return to Jammu to face another round of inquiry on 8 April. Chandu, a jawan of 37 Rashtriya Rifles, had inadvertan­tly crossed over to the other side of the Line of From turning the recently decommissi­oned Indian warship INS Viraat into a warfare museum to granting scholarshi­ps to meritoriou­s students of debt-ridden farmers and from making rain water harvesting compulsory for housing societies to encouragin­g malls to recycle water, the population of Maharashtr­a has given a wish list to state Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwa­r. Good public health system, availabili­ty of clean toilets every five km, healthy mid-day meals for children and decent facilities for tribal children are also some of the prominent demands made by the citizens of Maharashtr­a. This is the fourth year when the BJP has held public consultati­ons

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