NEW DELHI, Feb 20: Top Union ministers, senior officers and the Army chief today reviewed the prevailing situation in Haryana where violence continued unabated following the Jat quota stir.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari sat for an hour, taking stock of the situation, as violence and arson spread to more areas in the State.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, chief of Intelligence Bureau Dineswar Sharma were among those who attended the meeting.
“The ministers and the top officers reviewed the situation and the steps taken to curb the violence and restore normalcy in the trouble-torn areas,” a senior officer told PTI.
This was for the second consecutive day that the senior ministers reviewed the Haryana situation.
Yesterday, they had decided to provide all assistance to Haryana Government to tackle the law and order situation.
Army and paramilitary personnel have already been deployed in several districts in Haryana.
Four persons were killed in firing by security personnel at Rohtak and Jhajjar districts taking the death toll to five even as he Army staged flag marches in affected pockets.
As Haryana remained on the boil, Army had to use choppers to reach parts of blocked Rohtak district even as several Haryana Roadways buses, seven railway stations, a police station and some buildings were torched by pro-quota protesters. (PTI)
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