Accusing the BJP of “cheating” them on the issue of reservation, leaders of Jat organisations and Khap panchayats said members of the community would vote against the party in next year’s Assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
“We have decided to shun the violent mode of protest and work for defeat of the BJP in Assembly elections in Punjab and UP as the party has cheated the Jats on reservation issue in Haryana,” Choudhary Omvir Singh, founder of Vishwa Jat Manch, told reporters.
“Jats from Haryana will tour UP and Punjab and tell the voters there that BJP has cheated the community,” he said. The gathering of Jat leaders passed five resolutions, including a judicial probe into the violence during the February Jat quota stir.
“We demand a judicial probe into the violence allegedly by the Jats by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court. Jats were not involved in violence as they were busy with their rail-roko agitation,” he said.