http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-27/lucknow/29194544_1_delhi-lucknow-rail-route-trains-and-harassment-reservation-in-central-services
Uttar Pradesh Jats defer agitation
TNN, Mar 27, 2011, 12.39am IST
LUCKNOW: Jats in UP too have decided to defer their agitation
following assurance from Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda
about formation of other backward class (OBC) commission in his state
to bring Jats in OBC list.
Hooda also assured Jats that the Central government has also decided
to amend the rule to allow the National Commission for Backward
Classes (NCBC) to review its earlier decision of not including Jats in
the OBC list of the Central government. As per the existing rules,
NCBC cannot change its decision. The NCBC had denied OBC status to
Jats in 1998. But with the power to review its decision, NCBC can now
include Jats in the OBC list. This will allow Jats benefit of
reservation in Central services.
"Besides assuring changes in his state, the Haryana chief minister
mediated between the Jats and the Central government. He has assured
us that the OBC commission in Haryana will be made within a month and
in the same time period the Central government will give power to NCBC
for reviewing its own decision taken earlier," said Yashpla Mallik,
president of the All India Jat Arakshan Samiti.
Mallik said Jats have now decided to defer their agitation and Delhi
siege proposed on March 28 till September 13. Jats will take out
`samman yatra' in all the states in north India with substantial
presence of Jats, he said. "On Sunday, we will hold a mahapanchayat at
Kafurpur to decide future course of action," he added.
The demand for OBC status to Jats is 20 years old. Jats were holding
agitation for the last three years demanding reservation in Central
services. However, when the government did not listen to their
demands, they blocked the Delhi-Lucknow rail route at Kafurpur in JP
Nagar for 15 days leading to cancellation of over 750 trains and
harassment of over 10 lakh passengers.
The rail blockade was lifted on March 19 by the Jats following orders
of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court but they announced to
block all roads to Delhi on March 28 in support of their demand.
However, much to the relief of the people, the proposed blockade has
been deferred.
Jat leaders said if the government fails to fulfil the demand, the
stir would be resumed on September 13 on the occasion of the first
death anniversary of Sunil Shyauran at Mayyad in Haryana. Sunil, a
youth leader, died in police firing during an agitation. Jats have
given him the status of a martyr.
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