International Jat Convention
I had attended the International Jat Convention in February 2004 in New Delhi. It was pretty well organized, with people coming mainly from Haryana. Among the Jat Political Leaders, Sahab Singh Verma and then newly elected Rajasthan CM , Mrs. Scindia were present. Among the noticable missing were then the Haryana CM Mr. Om Prakash Chautala and Ch. Ajit Singh. Among some other notable Jats Present were Mr. Sompal Shastri of BJP and Mr. Gian Praksah Pilania.
The subject matter discussed in the meet were not very appealing. It looked to me more of the meet of Jats in BJP rather than any thing else.
My recommendations would be as under:
Firstly, the meet should adhere to the agenda and should have a concrete plan to discuss to solve those problems facing the community.
Secondly, it should be youth who would be talking rather than the so called established Jat Political Leaders as they are likely to be biased on their approach to the problems.
Thirdly, The meet should send a clear message to all other communities that we intend to take them along on the path of progress. Thus the agenda should be more towards the upliftment of rural population rather than Jat Community and Jats should be seen only as how they can help the entire rural population of India to move forward.
The social issues related to the community probably may take a little back seat or could be discussed for a short duration of time, while economic issues facing the rural population as they relate to employement, and education could be discussed at a greater lenght.
Each speech has to be very carefully drafted and rehearsed so that it comes out well and conveys exactly that the speaker intends to convey. We should be able to generate more harmony with other communities, without resorting to the policy of appeasement to any one.
Then there should be an action plan on implementations of various scheems that the community feels would be good for the society or to be more particular to the rural India.
One year is not a lot of time and if we have to conduct it in Next October, then off course we need to start now.
We need to form an organizing committe, which should be headed by some one located in India and duly supported by the local Jats. The job of this committee should be exclusively the organization of the event. There should be another committe that should concentrate only on the topics to be discussed and formulating the action plan. This committee could include members from any area so long they can participate in discussions.
A very nice idea, let us see if we can implement it.
