Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, and former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag appealed to protestors, who have been rampaging in Haryana demanding reservation for the Jat community, to shun violence.

‘The country’s defence forces, the sports world and others have made the country proud. We must concentrate and use our energies towards the upliftment of Indian society,’ Virender Sehwag tweeted on Sunday when the protests continued for the eighth day, reports IANS.

Requesting his fellow community-members to abjure from violence and put forth their demands in a constitutional manner, the Jat cricketer wrote: ‘We are the protectors and not violators.’

‘Randeep Hooda, who is currently shooting for Omung Kumar's Bollywood biopic-based on the life of Indian prisoner Sarbjit, has appealed to the protesting Jats to shun violence and return to mainstream life in the larger interest of state and nation’, reports indiatoday.intoday.in.

‘I belong to Haryana and I am proud to be a Haryana Jat. Sadly the Jats who once sacrificed their lives for others are destroying themselves. I appeal to my brothers to be peaceful as the violence is killing our brothers. Our property is being destroyed. The violence is not a solution. Only dialogue can solve the issue. Anti-social elements are indulging in violence. Youths are being misguided. I appeal to them to go back to their homes,’ Randeep Hooda said in Amritsar.