The state government called the Army out to assist the civil administration in Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Panipat, Jind, Hissar, Bhiwani and Kaithal districts of the state.
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Violence flared on Friday, with protesters in the town of Rohtak hurling rocks at security forces, blocking traffic, attacking vehicles and attempting to set the finance minister’s home on fire.
Haryana chief minister ML Khattar has made a fresh appeal to the people to maintain peace and harmony.
Following the meeting, the Chief Minister has directed the MLAs and Ministers to visit their constituencies and assembly segments and reach out to the people to ensure peaceful environment in the state. Two other people succumbed to their injuries in hospital after police fired on rampaging mobs.
Protesters also set a railway station on fire in Jind city and targeted petrol pumps in several other towns.
Meanwhile, additional troops have been deployed to the violence-hit state to bring the situation under control. Indian army soldiers conduct a flag march at Rohtak, after Friday was rocked with violence in Haryana state, India, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. “Ten small and big railway stations have been burnt”. He said numerous Army and paramilitary units were flown in by helicopter in view of the road blocks at many places.
At several places protesters defied curfew and resorted to arson, officials said.
The law and order situation has worsened as the Haryana police, which is Jat dominated, refused to take action against the agitators.
“Injustice is being done to us. The government of Jammu and Kashmir should provide some facilities to the stranded passengers”, another Delhi-bound passenger, Ashish Kumar, said.
According to sources, BJP chief Amit Shah has been tasked to speak to influential Jat leaders and win them over. They will meet BJP president Amit Shah after the meeting.
He is trying to prove himself as a leader of non-Jat people in the state by way of not giving reservation to Jats as was done by former Haryana CM Bhajan Lal in the past.
The national capital has run out of water and all schools are to remain closed, the Delhi government announced today.
Several trains were cancelled by Railway authorities.
Almost 550 trains were either cancelled or diverted since the agitation began a week ago.
The members from Jat community were staging a dharna in Mayyar village when someone used objectionable language to which the non-Jats objected, leading to a clash between the two groups.
Jat protesters hit the streets on tractors in Sonipat on Saturday as youths in Hissar (below) carry a tree trunk to block a road.
Protesters block the Gurgaon- Alwar National Highway near Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Chowk in Gurgaon during their agitation.
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He also said that the party leadership had assured them that it was in favor of reservation.
