Chandigarh: Former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who is president of All India Jat Mahasabha, on Monday questioned the double standards of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on providing reservation to Jats, including the Jat Sikhs, in Punjab. Addressing mediapersons along with the Sabha secretary general Yudhvir Singh, vice-president Harpal Singh, Punjab chief Kikki Dhillon and Chandigarh president Rajinder Singh, Amarinder ...

Ludhiana, Punjab: The Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) today sought reservation for Jat Sikhs under the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) category and remunerative prices for the farm produce to offset the hike in prices of diesel, petroleum products and other inputs. Talking to the media after a meeting of the state executive here today, president of the BKU Ajmer Singh Lakhowal said ...

Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab: After dividing society, the Jat reservation issue now appears to have split politicians. Many senior Punjab Congress leaders here on Thursday opposed the caste-based reservation stance of former state party president Capt Amarinder Singh, who in a letter to the Prime Minister had demanded the cabinet decision of OBC (Other Backward Classes) quota to Jats extended to Jat ...

Chandigarh, Punjab: The core committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today demanded that Jat Sikhs be included in the Centre’s list of Other Backward Classes (OBC). An official press release said that the meeting chaired by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal condemned the exclusion of the community from the list and described it as a part of the Congress-ruled Centre’s ...