New Delhi, March 16, 2011
Centre invites Jats for talks on quota
Smita Gupta
Members of the Jat community stage a sit-in at the Jantar Mantar in
New Delhi on Tuesday demanding reservation. Photo: S. Subramanium
The Hindu Members of the Jat community stage a sit-in at the Jantar
Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday demanding reservation. Photo: S.
Subramanium
In a bid to find an amicable solution to Jats' demand for reservation
in Central government jobs under the Other Backward Classes (OBC)
category, the United Progressive Alliance government has invited their
leaders from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana for talks.
The decision to hold talks with the Jats, whose week-long agitation
has disrupted rail traffic, with protesters squatting on the track in
various parts of north India, was taken on Tuesday at a meeting of the
Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh. Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati was present.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Social Justice and Empowerment
Minister Mukul Wasnik will be the government's representatives at the
negotiations, likely to be convened on Wednesday, official sources
said.
The agitation also figured in the Rajya Sabha, with the government
assuring MPs that it would make a statement on Wednesday.
The decision to call the agitators for talks was taken after the Jats
threatened to cut all essential supplies to Delhi if their demands
were not met by Thursday. The agitators have also threatened to block
oil supply from the Mathura Refinery to Delhi.
Meanwhile, at a Congress briefing, party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi
parried questions on the party's stand on the Jats issue, saying it
was "delicate and sensitive" and could be resolved only through
dialogue. Stressing that his party was opposed to violence, he said
all stakeholders, including the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments,
should resolve it through discussions.
In Haryana, the Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes for over 80
minutes over the Jat stir.
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