Will vote against BJP in UP, Punjab: Jat leaders

NEW DELHI: Accusing the BJP of “cheating” them on the issue of reservation, leaders of Jat organisations and Khap panchayats on Thursday said members of the community

NEW DELHI: Accusing the BJP of “cheating” them on the issue of reservation, leaders of Jat organisations and Khap panchayats on Thursday said members of the community would vote against the party in next year’s assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

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“We have decided to shun the violent mode of protest and work for defeat of BJP in assembly elections in Punjab and UP as the party has cheated Jats on the reservation issue in Haryana,” Choudhari Omvir Singh, founder of Vishwa Jat Manch, said. “Jats from Haryana will tour UP and Punjab and tell the voters there that BJP has cheated the community.”

The gathering of Jat leaders passed five resolutions, including one which demanded the Haryana government order a judicial inquiry into the violence during the agitation by the community.