Jat Agitation: Situation tense in Rohtak, Internet suspended; all-party meet today
Chandigarh: With the Jat community agitation spreading in Haryana, state authorities have suspended Internet services for an indefinite time in Rohtak district.
Jat community is demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions under OBC category.
Life remained paralysed in most parts of Rohtak, Jhajjar and some other districts of the state as the agitation entered the sixth day today.
Internet services, including 2G and 3G, in the worst affected districts of Rohtak, Sonipat and Jhajjar have been since midnight, officials said here on Friday.
The decision has been taken “to maintain law and order” in the district, he said.
However, he added mobile services will continue in the district.
Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has called an all-party meeting in Chandigarh today to discuss Jats’ demands.
Normal life has been badly hit because of the ongoing Jat agitation which has spread to more parts of the state after talks between the community leaders and the government failed to break the deadlock.
The protests have disrupted road and rail traffic with the worst hit being the Rohtak-Jhajjar region, the epicentre of the protests, besides Bhiwani, Sonipat and Hisar.
Jat protesters clashed with security forces and security forces in Rohtak town on Thursday evening when the police tried to remove the blockades put up by the protesters.
The protesters attacked with stones and bricks. A police vehicle was also damaged in the clash.
The protesters, who have rejected Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s offer of enhancing quota for economically backward classes, also set up road blockade at many places in Panipat, which also affected movement of vehicles towards Uttar Pradesh.
In view of the blockades by the agitators, Haryana Roadways suspended its bus services on many affected routes.
The administration has imposed prohibitory orders in the entire Rohtak district, banning assembly of five or more persons.
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