Bill on Jat quota will be passed in ongoing session: Haryana

Chandigarh: Amid looming threat of a renewed stir by Jats, Haryana government on Thursday said a bill to give reservation to the community will be passed during the ongoing Budget session which ends on March 31. Finance Minister Abhimanya said it is taking time to draft the bill as the government wants to make it sure that the new law does not get entangled in a legal quagmire. He said that Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar had assured the Jat leaders that the government will bring and pass the reservation Bill in the ongoing session. Previous Congress led Haryana government had also brought Bill for giving reservation to Jats and four other castes which was stayed by Punjab and Haryana High Court.