Jat leaders to meet Modi, Shah on Thursday over reservation issue

Posted on 26th Mar 2015 12:20 pm by mohit kumar

Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) Jat community leaders will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to discuss the issue of reservation for the community following the recent Supreme Court order quashing the quota, a senior union minister said.

Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Birender Singh told media here on Wednesday that a delegation, comprising Jat leaders and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, will meet Modi and Amit Shah in New Delhi to hold discussions regarding the issue.

Asserting the matter would be taken up at the highest level, he said that ways would be found to approach a bigger bench of the Supreme Court for review and re-examination of the issue for restoration of reservation facility to Jats.

"There is no difference among people belonging to Gurjar, Yadav and Jat community because they have same social background and were being exploited for ages," said Singh, himself a Jat leader who switched from the Congress to the BJP last year.

Haryana's ruling BJP and its government had, on Tuesday, openly come out in support of job quota for Jats even after the Supreme Court quashed a central government notification giving reservation to the community.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who met Jat community leaders here Wednesday, told the media that the matter would be taken up with the central government.

Jat leader Yashpal Malik blamed former union minister Kumari Selja for the reservation for Jats being quashed by the Supreme Court.

"She was always opposed to it (during the Congress-led UPA government). The matter was weakened before the Supreme Court because of her," Malik alleged in an interaction with the media in Hisar.

Other news

Know- America has turned its eyes and warned about which Iranian weapon is being used in Ukraine

Tensions between the US and Iran are visible after the disclosure of the secret nexus between Rus

IND vs PAK Asia Cup: 'Ban the live telecast of India-Pakistan match in Asia Cup', Priyanka Chaturvedi demands

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has demanded a ban on the live tele

Bangladesh Protest: 'We have no desire to control Bangladesh, we are helpful...', said Shashi Tharoor on India's stance

The violence in Bangladesh is continuing. The situation has worsened amid fierce arson. Even afte

World Cup: Shadow of rain on India-Pakistan match? Know how the weather will be during all nine matches of Team India

The ODI World Cup is starting in India on October 5. The final of the tournament will be held on

67,256 new patients were found and 2,329 died, but 1.03 lakh were also cured; More new cases than recovery came in only 4 states

There was a slight increase in the cases of corona in the country for the third consecutive day o

Kuno National Park: South Africa defends Project Cheetah, says nothing unusual in the death of cheetahs

The South African government has supported India's Project Cheetah. South Africa's Department of

PM Modi: Prime Minister Modi will visit three states and will release 21 thousand crores of Kisan Samman Nidhi tomorrow

Bharatiya Kisan Union Chaduni faction has not yet been able to connect with the farmer's organiza

The rich-poor gap increased in India: During the Corona period, the income of 84% of the families of the country decreased, but billionaires increased from 102 to 142

During the Corona epidemic, where on the one hand there was a crisis of food and drink in front o

7th pay commission: Central employees can get double happiness, after DA, an increase in HRA-fitment factor is possible

Giving a big gift to the central employees of the Narendra Modi government in the past, the DA re

PAK vs BAN: 'Now will you steal an ICC trophy?', This Pakistani lashes out at Mohsin Naqvi after the series defeat against Bangladesh.

Pakistan suffered a 2-1 defeat in the three-match ODI series during their tour of Bangladesh. Fol