"A committee of Vidhan Sabha could be constituted with the consent of the Speaker or a panel of ministers, including me, could be formed by the government to hold talks with the agitators so that the issue could be resolved at the earliest," Khattar told the State assembly while responding to an adjournment motion on indefinite sit-ins by the Jats at various places in the state.
In his adjournment motion, Kadian had said the government should set up a panel either of ministers or of the House members to hold talks with the agitating Jat community members for peaceful and expeditious resolution of the matter.
Speaking during the debate on the motion, Chautala said the CM should come forward and hold direct talks with the agitators and discounted the need to set up any panel.
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During the February last year's stir, 30 people had been killed and properties worth crores of rupees were damaged.
During his address to the assembly today, Khattar was frequently interrupted by the opposition members including Chautala, Kadian amid verbal duel between members of treasury benches and the opposition on the issue with the debate on it stretching to three hours despite the Speaker having alloted only two hours for it.
He also termed as "baseless, false and incorrect" the allegations that some ministers and the ruling party leaders are trying to divide the community and playing a diabolical game by not holding talks with the agitators.
Khattar on the other hand reiterated the government's commitment to resolve the issue through talks and said the government is always willing to talk to any group or leader who can help in resolving the tangle.
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While expressing the government's willingness to accede to the Jats demands, Khattar pointed out that the state had even enacted a law for teh purpose.
The government had enacted The Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation In Services And Admission in Educational Institutions) Act, 2016 to provide reservations to the members of Jat, Ror, Bishnoi, Jatsikh, MuIla Jat/ Muslim Jat and Tyagi communities,as per May 12, 2016 notification, said the CM.
He said he has already announced during a recent programme in Kurukshetra that as soon as the court vacates its stay on the law, the state government would write to the Centre for the inclusion of the law in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution to insulate from the court's scrutiny.
Referring to various penal offences committed during the agitation last year, Khattar said "Investigation of all the cases registered on account of violence and other different types of crime during the Jat Reservation agitation in February 2016 is under scrutiny of the High Court."
Khattar sought to assure the House that no innocent person was arrested by the police in last year's violence during the stir for Jat reservation adding that the violators were arrested only on the basis of evidence.
He said that the state government has also provided financial aid to the innocent persons who sustained injuries during the 2016 Jat reservation agitation.
Apart from this, the government has also decided to provide job to one family member of those who lost their life during the agitation.