Jats intensify efforts for planned march to Delhi

The All-India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS) has intensified efforts for the proposed gherao of Parliament, slated for March 20, gathering support from community members in western UP.

“The representatives of different districts, especially Firozabad, Agra, Hathras, Aligarh, Bharatpur and Dhaulpur have been asked to reach Parliament house in Delhi with at least 50 tractors,” AIJASS national general secretary Chaudhary Veer Pal Singh said.

“Owing to easy approach of Mathura to Delhi, the Samiti’s in-charge there has been asked to reach Delhi with at least 100 tractors,” Singh said.

He said the proposed gherao would be peaceful and depend on the instructions of AIJASS national president Yashpal Mullick, who is spearheading the campaign seeking reservation in jobs and education for Jats.

The agitation may be intensified in the form of blockade of rail tracks, roads, gas pipeline, or gherao of refinery, Singh said. He attributed the proposed agitation to the non-fulfilment of promise made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2015.

Talks between top Jat leaders and Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, scheduled for Friday, could not be held.

“The state government hatched a conspiracy against us and misled the people in order to weaken the agitation. The cancellation of the meeting has left us with no alternative but to continue the agitation,” Mullick said.