story on hindu A common refrain in Haryana (where Jats comprise 25 per cent of the population) is that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s Jat politics and his long-held ambition to wrest the leadership of the Jats from Om Prakash Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal was responsible for the reservation. Says Inderjeet Singh, State head of the CPI (M): “After the 2009 Assembly election when the Chautalas lost by a slender margin, Mr. Hooda began to woo the Jats in earnest. Everyone in Haryana knows that the Jat reservation stir of 2010 and 2011 that led to the blockage of rail tracks was supported by his politics.” Mr. Hooda, who has the distinction of defeating Devi Lal, Mr. Chautala’s father, thrice from the Rohtak parliamentary constituency, has established his hold in the Sonepat, Jhajjar and Rohtak belt. But in other parts of the State the majority of the Jat voters are still with the Chautalas
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:15:18 +0000
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