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Jats
demand reservations, block Lucknow-Delhi route
Sunday March 06, 2011 05:51:54 PM,
IANS
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Amroha
(Uttar Pradesh): Demanding reservations under the other
backward classes (OBC) category for central government jobs, a
large number of Jats demonstrated here Sunday, disrupting the busy
Delhi-Lucknow rail route, officials said.
Under the banner of the All India Jat Arakshan Samiti, the
protestors squatted on the railway tracks near Kafurpur railway
station, some 300 km from state capital Lucknow.
"Routes of over 30 trains have been changed due the
demonstrations," Additional Railway Divisional Manager A.K.
Singhal told IANS.
"Moreover, four local trains have been cancelled," he added.
Meanwhile, the Jat Arakshan Samiti members have threatened to
intensify their agitation if the central government does not pay
heed to their demands.
"We either want the prime minister to assure us that he'll take
necessary steps to meet our demands, or a union minister should
come here and listen to us. If the government fails to look into
our demands, we would intensify our agitation," Yashpal Mallik of
the Jat Arakshan Samiti told reporters.
Meanwhile, the police and the district authorities said that
efforts were on to persuade the Jats to end their protest.
On Saturday, a group of Jats had carried out demonstrations on the
rail tracks in Amroha.
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