Incidentally, Hooda’s grandfather, Matu Ram Hooda, and granduncle, Ramji Lal Hooda, were key players in forging this new identity. Jats constitute 26-28 percent of Haryana’s population. Ahead of elections for …
It was the same in the second Modi cabinet in 2019, with two ministers of state were from the Jat community – Balyan and Kailash Chaudhary (from Rajasthan). The first …
This feeling has intensified since the Rajasthan assembly elections, with Jat leaders claiming they felt “shut out” and “sidelined” from power positions. Whether this anger will translate into votes will …
Gurugram: Angered by his daughter marrying against his wishes, a man allegedly pumped six bullets into her and also shot at her husband at Unn village in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri …
Gurugram: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to replace its Haryana chief Om Prakash Dhankar has upset a section of the state’s politically influential Jats. Last week, the BJP announced …
Gurugram: Since taking power in Haryana in 2014, the BJP has maintained a Jat-non-Jat balance, with a Jat state president and a non-Jat chief minister. But that equation changed Friday …