http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-09-19/news/30175781_1_obc-category-jats-chief-minister-mayawati-today
Mayawati now demands inclusion of Jats in OBC category
PTI Sep 19, 2011, 10.57pm IST
LUCKNOW: After demanding reservation for minorities and upper caste
poor, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today wrote to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to include Jat community in OBC
category.
"The CM in her letter has requested him to include Jats in Other
Backward Class category," an official spokesman said here.
"The Jat community's main occupation is agriculture and its related
work but due to deteriorating agricultural land conditions, their
economic condition is not good. They are also backward in the field of
education. Keeping this in mind, the state government on March 10,
2000 included Jats in OBC category," the letter said.
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Stating that Centre had included Jats of Rajasthan in OBC category,
Mayawati said the community in Uttar Pradesh should be given the same
status.
Interestingly, Mayawati had yesterday written a letter to PM demanding
introduction of quota for the poor among upper castes on financial
grounds.
The chief minister had written a similar letter to the PM on September
17 asking for constitutional amendment to provide quota to minorities,
especially Muslims.
Opposition parties including BJP, Congress and Samajwadi Party have
criticised the BSP government and termed the move as a political one
to gain political advantage for the next year's Assembly polls.
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