Arvind Kejriwal demands Jat inclusion in OBC list, slams Centre for unfulfilled promises

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday once again raised the demand for the inclusion of Jats in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Kejriwal met representatives of the Jat community at his residence on Monday and hit out at the Centre, saying the government had gone back on its promise of including the community in the list and had deprived them of their right to reservation for 10 years.

In a post on social media platform X, he mentioned that the representatives of the community also told him that injustice is being done to the Jats who are from the national capital.


Addressing a press conference later, Kejriwal said, "This issue can be understood very simply with one example: in Delhi University or its affiliated colleges, Jats from Rajasthan get reservation benefits, but Jats from Delhi do not. What could be a greater disparity than this?"

He further said, "To address this, the Prime Minister gave his assurance to the Delhi's Jat community in 2015. Later, in 2017, 2019, and 2022, Union home minister Amit Shah also assured the Delhi's Jat community about this. However, it is deeply painful to note that despite these assurances from the country's top leader and its second-most senior leader, the promises remain unfulfilled."