Chandigarh, Mar. 18 (PTI): The quota agitation by Jats in Haryana was put off Friday till April 3 with the community leaders agreeing to give the state government time to get a reservation bill passed during the current Assembly session that ends on March 31.

Yashpal Malik, president of the All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti, announced the decision after the Jat leaders held talks with Haryana Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police.

”We have given time to Haryana government to bring and pass the Jat reservation Bill by March 31 [when the ongoing Budget session ends],” Malik told reporters here on Friday.

”If the government does not pass the reservation Bill by March 31, then we shall chalk out our next course of action in our meeting on April 3 to be held in Delhi,” he said.

Replying to questions, he said, “there will be no agitation till April 3.”

He appealed to other leaders of the Jat community as well to not hold any agitation or protest in the state till April 3.

Haryana government had already assured the Jat leaders that it will bring the bill to provide for reservation to Jats and four other communities in the state during the current session of the Assembly.

Malik expressed satisfaction over the discussion held with the officials of Haryana government to chalk out a ”workable solution”.

”We are fully satisfied with the talks at today's meetingand would appeal to the people not to resort to any protest,” Malik said.

However, he said the Jat leaders were not shown any draft of the Bill that they want to check.

He said Jats want reservation in Backward Class category and that the community is getting ready for agitation for quota in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Jammu & Kashmir.

On the issue of withdrawal of the cases, Malik said they were assured that if any false cases were registered against Jats, they would be withdrawn.

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