Jats to not celebrate Holi this year
27 Feb 2017 |
| The 'All India Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti' (AIJASS) announced its decision to not celebrate Holi this year.
AIJASS's call for a 'black day' is to protest unfulfillment of reservations demands: Jats are seeking quota in education and government jobs under the OBC category.
Call to not celebrate Holi has received massive response and protesters have been asked to prepare for a Delhi siege.
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Sharpening the attack
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| Jat leader Yashpal Malik has called on Jats to target business community.
Malik asked all supporters of their cause to refrain from shopping or transacting with businesses that refused to give their support for Jat community's demands in writing.
While addressing protesters in Jassia village, he asked the community to stop paying bills to government agencies such as electricity, water, loan repayments etc.
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Jat leader urges Black Holi
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| Senior Jat leader Ashok Balhara: "So many of our community members have died in the last one year, while many are in jail. There has been immense injustice. We will observe Black Holi by not celebrating it." |
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'Black day' to 'Black Holi'
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| In a door-to-door campaign, the organizing committee of the Jat stir were giving out black scarves to the women and the men were given black turbans to sport.
It appears that the Jat community may observe 'Black Holi' by not celebrating it: even last year Holi was low-key given massive violence in Haryana in February 2016 during the state-wide Jat agitation.
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Blocking National highways
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| Jat leader Ashok Balhara said NH- 1, 8 and 10 passing through Haryana would be clogged by tractor-trailers moving towards Delhi. He added 50,000 Jat protesters would enter Delhi on March 2 and post-Holi, the number would be 5 crore. |
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Jats threaten to cut Delhi's milk supply
03 Mar 2017 |
| Jat leaders have threatened to cut off the supply of milk to Delhi, if their demands are not met.
Yashpal Malik, the president of the All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti said, "we will not supply milk to private parties in Delhi for a day as a token protest."
He added that they would intensify their stir after Holi.
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Jat protests: No metro services in NCR from Sunday
18 Mar 2017 |
| The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will shut all services outside the capital from Sunday, in light of the Jat protests. They did so at the direction of Delhi police.
Police have also ordered the gates of all stations to remain shut from 11:30 pm to avoid law and order issues.
The CISF has been ordered to deploy quick reaction forces as well.
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