-Rajesh Tyagi/19.3.2016
As ultimatum
for second round of Jat agitation expired, the government in Haryana was forced
to open fresh negotiations with the agitators, alongside bracing itself to
contain the agitation. 80 companies of central paramilitary forces were called
and deployed yesterday. However, as the BJP government in Haryana, headed by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, promised to pass the Bill to include Jats in OBC category to impart them benefits of caste reservation in ongoing session of the legislative assembly, the deadline by the agitators stands extended after negotiations, putting the stir on hold till March 30, giving respite for a while.
Passing of the Bill or revival of the stir by Jats, may however trigger a whole wave of similar stirs by other castes for caste-based reservation, inside and outside Haryana. This may result in endless violence and anarchy.
After Rajasthan and Gujarat, more recently Haryana was in the throes of caste-based reactionary violence. The demand was to include ‘Jats’ in the list of other backward castes (OBCs). The Jats, an otherwise dominant caste in all spheres of life in Haryana, were up in arms to defend their domination against affirmative action of the state in the form of reservation to backward castes.
After Rajasthan and Gujarat, more recently Haryana was in the throes of caste-based reactionary violence. The demand was to include ‘Jats’ in the list of other backward castes (OBCs). The Jats, an otherwise dominant caste in all spheres of life in Haryana, were up in arms to defend their domination against affirmative action of the state in the form of reservation to backward castes.
In the first
round of agitation, Incalculable and huge damage to life and property was
inflicted, with the bourgeois state relegated to fences. At least 30 people were
killed and property worth 30 thousand crores was destroyed, alongside massive
arson, loot and rapes in Haryana.
