Kejriwal Backs OBC Status For Delhi Jat Community, Shoots Off Letter To PM Modi

In a key political move ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has expressed his support for granting Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation status to the Jat community.

During a press conference on Thursday, Kejriwal stressed the community's long-standing demand for inclusion in the OBC category and called on the central government to deliver justice for them.

The AAP leader also penned a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to add Delhi's Jat community to the central OBC list, reported India TV.

Kejriwal accused the central government of "betraying the Jat community" by failing to honour its promises over the past decade.

In his letter, Kejriwal remarked: "The Jat community in Delhi has been deceived by the central government for the past 10 years in the name of OBC reservation. In 2015, you (PM Modi) invited Jat leaders to your residence and assured them that Delhi's Jat community would be included in the central OBC list. Again in 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah made similar promises, yet no action has been taken."

Drawing attention to existing inequalities, Kejriwal highlighted that students from Rajasthan's Jat community are eligible for reservations at Delhi University, while those from Delhi's Jat community are excluded.

"Thousands of Delhi Jat students are denied admission to DU and other central institutions due to their exclusion from the central OBC list," he stated.