The Gujjar protestors are demanding a separate reservation for five communities Raika-Rebari, Gadia Lohar, Banjara and Gadaria including Gujjars.
New Delhi| The Gujjar protest has rocked the state of Rajasthan again. The Gujjar community has staged a dharna with its long-standing demand for reservation. As many as seven trains in Kota Division of Western Central Railway have been diverted. The protestors have blocked the railway tracks in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district which resulted in three trains being cancelled.
The protestors are demanding a separate reservation for five communities Raika-Rebari, Gadia Lohar, Banjara and Gadaria including Gujjars. Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla who started the dharna on Friday said that the community demands five per cent reservation in government jobs and admission in educational institutions.
Five trains cancelled and one diverted in Kota division of West Central Railway zone due to the ongoing reservation movement by the Gujjar community in Rajasthan. pic.twitter.com/jCf1y9g8LD
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After the Rajasthan Assembly elections concluded in December last year, Bainsla had demanded that the new state government headed by Congress to make its stand clear. He had threatened to start the quota agitation again if it fails to come out with any satisfactory response.
Before starting the agitation, Bainsla held a ‘Maha Panchayat’ in Sawai Madhopur district. Meanwhile, high-level meetings were held in Jaipur to chalk out measures to calm the protestors.
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