Ajit’s first demand: Put Jats in Central OBC list

Hours before the Union Cabinet approved 4.5 per cent reservation for minorties within the OBC quota yesterday, newly inducted Civil Aviation Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the inclusion of the Jat community in the Central list of Other Backward Classes. The issue later cropped up at the Cabinet meeting. Today, Congress general secretary in charge of UP Digvijay Singh and the RLD chief called on Home Minister P Chidambaram in this connection.

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