Thirteen years after a Brahmin-dominated village in Haryana’s Rohtak district donated land to an education trust, the matter is still hanging fire and has triggered unrest in the community. “There is strong resentment among the Brahmins over the dilly-dallying by the government in handing over a piece of land to the community’s educational trust. But the community is determined to take it,” said Davinder Sharma, a resident of Paharwar village in Rohtak.
The Brahmin-dominated village had in 2009 donated 15 acres to the Gaur Educational Trust for expansion and a resolution was later adopted by the State Assembly during the Congress rule to give it to the trust on lease.
But the refusal of the municipal body, citing violation of certain norms, has now become a rallying point for the community.
