Reservation be given only to weak and deserving people: Khattar

New Delhi, November 13, 2014: Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar has appealed to the people in the state to follow the dictum of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ and emphasises on the unity in the society for over all development in the state.

Khattar was addressing the representatives of various Khaps of the state at Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi on Thursday. He said that everybody would contribute for the development of the state only if they have common aims.

He urged the people to rise above parochial difference of caste-ism. He said that the government wanted to ensure welfare of all sections of the society. He said that we would have to promote moral education to eradicate social evils from the society. We would have to launch a massive campaign to awaken the people, he added.

Khattar said that while following the high ideals of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya, the Haryana Government is keen to ensure that benefits of welfare schemes circulate to the grass root level.

While referring to the issue of reservation to Jat community, he said that at present the issue is with the high court. He said that reservation should be given to only those who are weak and deserve it.

He also stressed the need for generating employment opportunities for the youth so as to check the socio-economic disparities. He said that to achieve this, education system would be further improved.

Speaking on the occasion, Haryana Agriculture Minister, O. P. Dhankhar said that there has been constructive change in the thinking of the Khaps with the changing times. He said that the Khaps have been playing great role in eradication of female foeticide and other social evils.

(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)

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