View: Behind JJP's move to ally with BJP, the aim is to end a 14-year long power drought for ChautalasBy supporting the BJP, JJP has taken a complete u-turn on its stand during the campaign when it vowed not to support the BJP post the resul...
26 Oct, 2019, 01.40 PM IST
The Jat stumbling block for BJPFive of BJP’s six top Jat leaders were handed a humiliating defeat. Apart from the anti-incumbency, BJP’s Jat leaders were not seen represe...
25 Oct, 2019, 06.56 AM IST
Jat belt’s call remains a key factor in Haryana electionThe Jat belt spread across four parliamentary constituencies in Haryana holds the major chunk of votes. A look at an assessment of the grou...
17 Oct, 2019, 04.19 PM IST
In Haryana, it’s Jat vs others, Manohar Lal vs Cong’s clansWhile caste still remains the single biggest factor, ET takes a look at other major factors likely to influence the elections to the 90-sea...
10 Oct, 2019, 11.57 PM IST
Modi, Jats & jobs dominate talks in ten Haryana seatsHaryana’s politics has traditionally been a Congress and INLD battle for Jat votes. This, however, changed in 2014 when BJP, which had been...
08 May, 2019, 10.51 AM IST
Jat quota agitation spills over into DelhiABJASS had last week announced holding a series of protests in Delhi's border areas in support of the quota agitation by Jats in Rohtak whi...
08 Feb, 2017, 07.13 PM IST
In cabinet reshuffle, Vasundhara Raje balances caste, regional equationsVasundhara Raje today inducted six new ministers, including a Dalit woman MLA, elevated two state ministers to Cabinet rank besides appoint...
10 Dec, 2016, 10.28 PM IST
Haryana: BS Hooda & Randeep Surjewala engaged in battle against Chautalas for Jat political spaceThe AICC’s idea of supporting independent candidate RK Anand with the backing of INLD was a project that was doomed from the start.
15 Jun, 2016, 04.07 AM IST
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar 'castes' aside surname after Jat agitationAn emotional Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday told MLAs in the assembly that he doesn't want people to suffix 'Khattar' with his n...
23 Mar, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
Jat stir: With its leaders as prime targets, BJP sees conspiracy in attacksIn Rohtak, protesters targeted FM Captain Abhimanyu’s residential and commercial properties, while sparing those of former CM Bhupinder Sin...
23 Feb, 2016, 09.27 AM IST
Boxer Vijender Singh pleads with "jat brothers" to end violenceVijender, who is gearing up to fight his fourth professional bout on March 12, posted a video message on his Twitter page to plead for calm.
21 Feb, 2016, 04.32 PM IST
Delhi Polls: AAP replaces candidates in Mehrauli, Mundka; protests eruptManish Sisodia accused Govardhan's family members of transporting people in buses to the Prime Minister's rally held at Ramlila Maidan rece...
04 Feb, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
Jats in a bind: Be loyal to Ajit Singh or buy into Narendra ModiAs western UP goes to polls on Thursday, the numerically preponderant and politically volatile jats are a community torn from within.
10 Apr, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
There’s no 'Modi Wave,' it’s a media creation, says RLD's Ajit SinghThe “Narendra Modi wave” is nothing but a manifestation of people’s frustration with the incumbent regime, according to aviation minister A...
10 Feb, 2014, 11.21 AM IST
ET Analysis: Polarisation in UP’s sugar belt helps BJPHafiz Abbas, a representative of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind that oversees several relief camps in the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar region, is an angry m...
01 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Jat stir: Agitation continues despite release of leaders
Protesters blocked rail tracks and roads near Hisar, refusing to listen to their leaders and Khap representatives, they said.
12 Mar, 2012, 03.17 PM IST
- In war of Jats, voter's cry for water is lost
Nagaur, the Marwar heartland, is more known for its firebrand Jat politics than the fabled Makrana marbles.
06 May, 2009, 03.49 AM IST