Delhi Assembly Election 2025: In a significant political move ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has voiced his support for granting Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation status to the Jat community. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, he emphasised the community's long-standing demand for inclusion under the OBC category and urged the central government to ensure justice for them.
Kejriwal writes to PM Modi
The AAP chief also wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to include Delhi's Jat community in the central OBC list. Kejriwal accused the central government of "betraying the Jat community" by failing to fulfill its promises over the past decade. In his letter, Kejriwal stated, "The Jat community in Delhi has been deceived by the central government for the past 10 years in the name of OBC reservation. In 2015, you (PM Modi) invited Jat leaders to your residence and assured them that Delhi's Jat community would be included in the central OBC list. Again in 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah made similar promises, yet no action has been taken."
'Disparity to Delhi's Jat students in DU'
Highlighting the disparity, Kejriwal pointed out that students from Rajasthan's Jat community are eligible for reservations at Delhi University, but students from Delhi's Jat community are excluded. Thousands of Delhi Jat students are denied admission to DU and other central institutions due to their exclusion from the central OBC list." Kejriwal further alleged that the community is denied benefits in central government institutions despite being part of Delhi's OBC list. "Both the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister had assured reservations but failed to deliver on their promises. These pre-election assurances are forgotten afterwards," Kejriwal alleged.
Delhi Assembly Election 2025
The Election Commission on India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi. As per the Election Commission, the national capital will be voting in a single phase on February 5 to elect members for all 70 seats. Meanwhile, the results will be declared on February 8. The upcoming Delhi Assembly elections are set to witness a triangular contest among the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress. The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP will aim for its third consecutive term, riding on its previous electoral successes. Meanwhile, the BJP and Congress are preparing to challenge AAP's dominance in the capital.
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