Jat Delegation meets PM Modi, demands Reservation

A delegation of Jat leaders on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence and demanded that their community should be given reservation, the way Ahir and Gujjar community have been granted the same.

Participated in the delegation, Haryana Minister O P Dhankar said, there is no harm in giving reservation to students and people of their community in jobs. He said, the reservation will help in developing the community.

Union Minister of state for Agriculture, Sanjeev Balyan said, the government should file a review petition in the Supreme Court and it should also explore all options to extend the benefit to the community.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had set aside the Centre’s notification to extend the benefit of reservations to the Jat Community.

A Bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R F Nariman had found fault with the Centre’s decision to overlook the findings of the National Commission for Backward Classes stating that Jats do not deserve to be included in the Central list of OBC as they don’t form a socio-economic backward class.