The Jat quota protests in Haryana has severely hit the normal life as at least 8 persons have died so far. Here are all the latest updates:-
– Former Haryana CM Bhupinder singh Hooda begins his indefinite hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over Jat quota protests
– Ticket counter of Basai Railway Station in Haryana set on fire by Jat reservation agitators on Sunday morning
– Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has suspended all bus services on routes passing through Haryana in view of the Jat agitation.
– Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has ordered all private and govt schools in the capital to remain closed on Monday in the wake of water crisis due to Jat quota protests in Haryana
– Staring at a serious water crisis, Delhi government on Saturday had moved the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to the Centre to intervene and ensure water supply to the national capital from Munak Canal in neighbouring Haryana which has been affected due to the Jat stir. Delhi is staring at huge water shortage in next one or two days with 60 per cent of water supply affected due to the Jat stir.
– Reiterating his call to maintain law and order in the violence-hit state, former Haryana chief minister BS Hooda on Saturday said that he will go on a hunger strike from Sunday at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital. He also appealed to all the agitators to fight against the ‘divisive forces’ trying to create a gulf in the society.
– Chaos reigned in Haryana on Saturday with escalated violence in several areas as hooligans, who have joined ranks of Jat protestors, ran amok, setting afire government and private property and vehicles, blocking roads and highways, disrupting trains and uprooting tracks and indulging in looting.
– Five more people were killed in Haryana on Saturday as the violence linked to the Jat agitation escalated, forcing the state government to seek additional columns of the army and more companies of paramilitary forces to control the situation. Three people were killed in firing by security forces in Rohtak on Friday.
– Joint teams of the army and police carried out a flag march in Bhiwani town on Saturday, urging people not to come out of their houses as curfew had been imposed and to maintain peace in their areas.