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Jat agitation: Agitators extend deadline to March 31

The Jat leaders in Haryana want the Jat reservation Bill to be passed in the Assembly as soon as possible.

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Jats on Friday said that the deadline has been extended to March 31 for Haryana government to take action. Jat leader Yashpal Malik said that if no decision is taken by March 31, the leaders will meet on April 3 to decide their next step.

"We'll meet on April 3 and decide further course of action if we don't get reservation by March 31," Malik said. 

Chief Secretary of Haryana, Depinder Singh Dhesi said that the bill will be passed before the Assembly session ends.

"We have assured them that the Jat Reservation bill will be finalized and passed before Assembly session ends. We have also assured them that injustice will not be done with anyone," Dhesi said.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday spoke to Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar and took stock of the situation. 

"I have spoken to the Haryana Chief Minister. There is no need to worry about anything. I am sure a solution will be found soon," he said. 

The Centre has sent 8,000 personnel of paramilitary forces to the state which are being deployed in sensitive areas like Rohtak and Jhajjar districts, which were the worst-affected during the first phase of the agitation last month.

Around 300 paramilitary personnel were also deployed at Munak canal, which supplies water to Delhi. It was badly damaged during the Jat agitation last month.

Prohibitory orders were today clamped and mobile internet services suspended at many places in Haryana as a precautionary measure.

(With Agency Inputs)

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