Gujjar stir to continue as talks with Raj fail

The meeting between representatives of the Gujjar community and Rajasthan government on Saturday ended in a deadlock as the community leaders accused the government of not coming up with concrete proposal to fulfil their demand of 5 per cent quota in government jobs. “The talks have failed because the ministers came without any clear proposal to address our demands,” Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla told reporters after the meeting.

Spokesperson of the ‘Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti’ Himmat Singh told PTI that the agitation would be intensified if the government did not come up with a solid proposal or formula to provide reservation to Gujjars under the legal limit of 50 per cent.

“The agitation is on and will be intensified after discussion with our people,” he said.

The meeting was held in Bayana town this evening between a delegation of Gujjars led by their leader Bainsla and a committee of ministers comprising Rajendra Rathore, Arun Chaturvedi and Hem Singh Bhadana.