Jind: The Jat community in Haryana has threatened to block all entry points into Delhi next February if their demand for reservations for the community is not met by the central government by December 23.
The decision was taken at a Sarva Jat Khap Mahapanchayat held here, 170km from Chandigarh, yesterday.
The mahapanchayat announced that if the Jats are not given the status of Other Backward Class (OBC), they will block all five entry points to Delhi. They said the Jats would oppose Congress party candidates in the polls.
They also demanded immediate amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act in order to check honour killings and other crime against women in the state. The khaps, which are opposed to marriages within the same gotra, community and village, said that an amendment is needed in the Act. Representatives of nearly 100 khaps attended the meeting, which was chaired by Khap leader Nafe Singh Nain.
Haryana family booked for false complaint
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police yesterday booked a family for lodging a false complaint about the alleged kidnapping of their minor son and also for blocking roads in protest.
A police spokesman said Manish Jain, a resident of Bawara Mohalla in Rohtak, 70km from Delhi, registered a complaint with the city police station that his son Priyansh, 11, was missing. He said he suspected that his son had been kidnapped.
“Acting swiftly, the police registered a complaint and constituted four teams which were sent to different areas to search for the boy.”
“However, the family members of the child knew that their child had not been kidnapped but had gone to Delhi as he was rebuked by his mother. But the family members blocked Kaccha Beri Road,” police spokesman said.
The search teams found the child from ITO crossing in New Delhi yesterday.
Hot and sunny day in Delhi
New Delhi: Delhiities experienced a sunny and hot day yesterday as the maximum temperature was recorded a notch above average at 34.9 degree Celsius. The Met office has predicted light rain today.
“The skies will remain generally cloudy with very light rain in some parts of the city,” said an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official.
While the minimum temperature was also recorded a notch above average at 24.3 degree Celsius. The humidity wavered between a high and low of 82 and 52 percent respectively.
“Thursday’s maximum temperature is likely to hover around 33 degree Celsius,” added the official.
IANS
