Haryana remains tense, 8 dead; Jat leaders demand ordinance, Hooda to start indefinite hunger strike

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Rohtak/Chandigarh: Situation in Haryana continues to remain tense with escalated violence in several areas claiming eight lives so far and the state government deploying more forces with the help of Centre to bring back normalcy after the agitating Jat leaders rejected Chief Minister ML Khattar’s appeal for peace.
Refusing to call off the quota agitation, several Jat leaders demanded the Haryana government to promulgate an ordinance to include the community in the OBC category if it wanted peace and normalcy in the state.

The response came after CM Khattar released a statement saying that his government has "accepted" their demands, but did not elaborate.

The leaders also demanded that a compensation of Rs 50 lakh be given to the kin of the person killed in firing on Friday and a government job to one of his family members.
All India Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti's national president Yashapal Malik said, "We will not withdraw our agitation unless the state government brings an ordinance for giving reservation to Jats.”

Meanwhile, hooligans set on fire government and private property and vehicles, blocking roads and highways, disrupting trains and uprooting tracks and indulging in looting on Saturday.

Curfew was imposed in Hisar, Sonipat and Jind towns after violence. Violence was also reported from Kaithal.

The death toll in the violence in past 36 hours has reached eight with over 100 people being injured. One person was killed when soldiers opened fire on an unruly mob in Jhajjar.

 

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Haryana remains tense, 8 dead; Jat leaders demand ordinance, Hooda to start indefinite hunger strike | Zee News

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Army column opens fire in Jhajjar
At least one person was reportedly killed in Jhajjar district of Haryana on Saturday when an Army column resorted to firing to disperse the crowd after one of the Jat protests turned violent, an Army official said.

The Army conducted a flag march in tense areas of the State and used helicopters to reach parts of Rohtak district.

It airdropped troops in locations where its columns couldn’t reach by road because of blockades.

Army sources said that in many areas the roads were not only blocked but were also dug up.

“Wherever necessary we airdropped the troops,” one officer said.

While the Army did not specify how many helicopter operations were undertaken, it said 33 columns, each comprising 80 soldiers, were on the ground in nine districts. The densest deployment is in Rohtak.

Meanwhile, Director-General of Police Y.P. Singhal said 13 columns of the Army reached the State and were assisting the administration. Ten more columns were being airlifted. “In addition, 10 companies of paramilitary forces have reached the State and 23 more are on their way. These were either being air-lifted or reaching by road,” he said.

The Union Home Secretary agreed to deploy 10 more companies in the state. The agitation began as Jats demanded reservation for the community in government jobs and educational institutions.

Army column opens fire in Jhajjar - The Hindu

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Mobs looted armory

 

[Maarkhoor]

Jaat says this is the final battle...

Jaat reaches Delhi...

State Minister House set on fire...

Showrooms looted.....

Delhi water shoratge...jatt stopped the water supply

 

[Maarkhoor]

Delhi water supply stopped...

 

[New Resolve]

Achay din, Achay din.

 

[Icewolf]

This is One problem with India's biased socialist system gifted by Gandhi

 

[Crixus]

And Pakistanis become Jats specialist now

 

[ranjeet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/701147657801179136

@MaarKhoor

 

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@MaarKhoor

Means ? They need separate land named Jattland?

 

[ranjeet]

Means ? They need separate land named Jattland?

Yes

 

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Yes

no i don't like the name Jatland the must join and struggle for Khalistan...

 

[ranjeet]

no i don't like the name Jatland the must join and struggle for Khalistan...

If we wanted Khalistan we wouldn't have separated from Punjab to begin with

 

[Maarkhoor]

If we wanted Khalistan we wouldn't have separated from Punjab to begin with

Means you are Jatt and want Jatland ?

Haryana violence kills 8 more; ministers' homes, govt offices, Army attacked

ANDIGARH: Eight people were killed as violence gripped Haryana on Saturday, with the agitation of Jats demanding OBC status spreading from the hinterland to the heart of Gurgaon despite heavy Army deployment.

The deaths took the toll to nine since Friday. Over 80 people have been admitted to various hospitals in the state, 30 of them on Saturday. By evening, curfew had been imposed in Sonipat, Rohtak, Gohana, Jhajjar and Bhiwani.

The day's worst clash took place in Jhajjar where a mob set fire to an electricity substation and attacked an Army column. The jawans opened fire in retaliation, killing one of the protesters on the spot. Six others died in hospital. Another man was killed in Kaithal.



Protesters refused to remove blockades on highways, the arterial NH1 among them, and railway tracks and brought traffic to a standstill, isolating Haryana from the rest of the country on the eighth day of the agitation.

Army conducts flag march in Rohtak city which is under curfew, on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Sources in Jhajjar said Saturday's spiral of violence began with a mob setting fire to the sports department's office and then attacking the irrigation department's office next door. When Army jawans tried to stop them at the substation, the mob started pelting stones and opened fire, forcing the jawans to fire back. Haryana additional chief secretary (home) P K Das said, "Another person died in Kalayat town of Kaithal in a clash."

Rioters went on the rampage in Gohana town of Sonipat where they pelted stones on the house of local Congress MLA Jagbir Singh Malik.

Three shops owned by him were burnt down. The mob also set ablaze two government buses, a petrol pump, a hotel and a bike showroom. It was only by the evening that the Army gained control in the area and curfew was imposed.

The upper hand that the rioters had on the streets across the state can be gauged from the fact that Army columns from Hisar and Sirsa had to be airdropped into Rohtak as roadblocks prevented their movement by land.
The protesters attacked the house of Haryana agriculture minister Om Prakash Dhankar in Jhajjar, but could only do minor damages. The house of Congress MLA from the area, Geeta Bhukkal, was, however, razed.

An SUV parked nearby was gutted. "I had requested the deputy commissioner and SP in Jhajjar to provide protection but no cops were sent," Bhukkal told TOI. The houses of state finance minister Captain Abhimanyu Singh in Rohtak, which the rioters had attempted to burn down on Friday, were again attacked on Saturday.

Residents of colonies around the Vita milk plant in Rohtak, which also supplies milk to Delhi, have been evacuated after an ammonia gas leak following an attempt at arson.
Haryana violence kills 8 more; ministers' homes, govt offices, Army attacked - Times of India

 

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