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India caste protests: Five dead as Haryana violence flares | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
At least five people have been killed in a second day of violence related to caste rights in the northern Indian state of Haryana, police say. | |
Protesters in the towns of Rohtak and Jind set fire to police vehicles, public buildings and buses. | |
The demonstrators are mostly from the Jat community who are unhappy about India's caste quota system. | |
They say it puts them at a disadvantage in government jobs and at state-run educational institutes. | |
The Jats are currently listed as upper caste but the demonstrators want job quotas similar to those granted to lower castes. | The Jats are currently listed as upper caste but the demonstrators want job quotas similar to those granted to lower castes. |
Protesters again went on the rampage on Saturday despite a curfew and the deployment of the army which is reported to have opened fire on them in the Rohtak and Jhajjar districts. | |
Demonstrations by Jats were also reported to have taken place in Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Overland transport links to Haryana have been brought to a halt by the protests. | |
The government of Haryana has meanwhile been urged by the central government to initiate talks with Jat leaders, NDTV reported. | |
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has already said that the government is ready to agree to the demands of the protesters "within the ambit of the constitution". | |
Mr Khattar has urged the protesters to desist and appealed to the government to provide more troops in order to restore order. | |
Opposition parties have called for Mr Khattar's government to be sacked by the central government and for presidential rule to be imposed on the state. | |
On Friday protesters in Rohtak hurled rocks at security forces, while blocking traffic, attacking vehicles and attempting to set the finance minister's home on fire. | |
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