Jaipur (Rajasthan): The Gurjar stir in Rajasthan entered its ninth day on Monday, after Gurjar leader Col Kirori Singh Bainsla had threatened to intensify the agitation over reservation if their demands are not met.
Earlier on Saturday, Bainsla had demanded that the state government send minister Ashok Chandna or any other representative with an offer on the same day.
However, Chandna or any other minister did not come to meet Gurjar leaders till Saturday evening. Bharatpur District Collector Nathmal Didel and police officials had instead met Bainsla.
Bainsla had threatened to intensify the agitation from November 9 and said the roads will be blocked across the state.
Members of the Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti have blocked the Delhi-Mumbai rail route in Bayana's Pilupura and the Hindaun-Bayana road for the past nine days.
The Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti is demanding that the Rajasthan government should get the Gurjar reservation included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, fill the backlog of vacancies and give the benefit of five per cent reservation to the Most Backward Classes (MBCs) in the pending recruitment process.
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However, earlier last week, a delegation comprising leaders from 80 Gurjar villages of Bayana, had sought the lifting of the blockade.
They told reporters that the government has accepted their demands but still around 200-300 people are sitting on the railway track.
On October 31, a delegation of the Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti, held discussions with a Cabinet sub-committee in Jaipur, in which a consensus had emerged on 14 points.
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