All India Jat Aarkashan Sanghrash Samiti (AIJASS) president Yashpal Malik on Wednesday threatened the State Government to intensity the protest over their long pending demands.
Malik alleged that the Haryana Government is misleading the community over their demands.
The State Government is giving wrong information in the Court and deliberately delaying the release of youth arrested in various cases during violent 2016 Jat agitation, said Malik after the AIJASS meeting at Rohtak on Wednesday.
“People protesting at a programme of Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu in Hisar recently were detained by the police. We condemn such police action. The Jats will intensify their protest if the government continues taking such actions,” he said.
Malik also announced that Shaheed Diwas of Sunil Sheoran, who died during Jat agitation in 2010 will be observed on September 13 in all districts of Haryana
The AIJASS had recently announced that Jats will hold protest dharnas at the events of Chief Minister Manohar Lal and Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu. The protest dharnas will be held in rural areas in Rohtak, Jhajjar, Dadri, Bhiwani, Hisar, Kaithal, Jind, Panipat, Sonipat.
Malik said that the protest dharnas in other districts will be announced soon.
The community has been demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions, general amnesty for those booked during the February 2016 Jat quota violence, reconsideration of criminal cases lodged against Jat agitators since 2010 and permanent jobs to next-of-kin of those killed and those maimed during the 2016 Jat agitation in Haryana.
The Jat leaders had recently expressed strong displeasure over Haryana Government’s stand on not withdrawing cases against members of the Jat community languishing in jails related to the February 2016 violence and had announced to renew their agitation.
The AIJASS has also announced that Jats will hold programmes in poll-bound Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to apprize people about the injustice done to the community by the BJP.
The 2016 agitation had left 31 people dead, wounded more than 200, destroyed property worth hundreds of crores of rupees bringing Haryana and adjoining areas to a halt for more than 10 days.