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ROADS BLOCKADE & DRIVER PROTESTS * India: Farmers protest at Haryana
(Viideo by IndianExpressOnline - Published on Feb 21, 2016 - The Jat agitation may end soon as the government on Sunday decided to bring a bill for granting OBC status to Jats. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting between Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Jat leaders, National security Advisor, Army Chief and Delhi Police Commissioner. After the meeting, BJP)
-- The Jat quota agitation in neighbouring Haryana spilled over into Delhi Saturday as protesters blocked several roads in Outer Delhi and said their demands should “reach Parliament”. The protests caused traffic snarls at Peerhagarhi chowk, Nangloi, Mundka, Bawana, Narela, Kingsway Camp and North Campus... Jat (a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India) quota agitation shuts down parts of Gurgaon; commuters, trucks stranded in areas bordering Haryana. Trucks carrying protesters trundled up and down roads along the Delhi-Haryana border in Mundka while other roads were blocked with concrete slabs taken from under-construction Metro sites... Protest following an assurance by state government that it would consider the "principle of equity" in deciding the quantum of compensation to them for the land acquired for the Kaithal-Titram bypass... “Dalits get jobs… they become doctors, magistrates and lawyers. But our children, despite securing high marks, never get jobs. This is only the beginning of our agitati... Tomorrow, we are calling for a bandh in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh,” said Wazirlal, a driver who participated in the protest... A team of 150 policemen was deployed across Mundka, Nangloi and neighbouring areas. As the Jat quota agitation spread to parts of Delhi, the top brass of the city’s police force cancelled all leaves, citing security reasons...
Gurgaon, India - The Indian Express, by Sarah Hafeez - February 21, 2016
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