Jats call off quota agitation

20 March,2017 02:09 AM IST |   |  Agencies

Jats called off their quota agitation in the national capital, following a truce that was reached after a meeting between the leaders of the community and the Haryana government



Jat Leader Yashpal Malik (extreme right) meets Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar (second left) over the Jat agitation. Pic/PTI

Fatehabad: Jats called off their quota agitation in the national capital, following a truce that was reached after a meeting between the leaders of the community and the Haryana government.

Jat leaders decided to call off their agitation after a marathon four-hour meeting with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union Ministers Birender Singh and P P Chaudhary who both are Jats.

However, a Superintendent of Police and a DSP were among nine policemen injured yesterday when Jat protesters clashed with them earlier, on being prevented from marching toward Delhi.

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