Rajasthan Gujjars Block Tracks In Reservation Protest, Educate Agenda Hit

Bharatpur (Rajasthan):

Contributors of the Gujjar group have occupied railway tracks in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur of their protest in search of reservation in jobs and schooling, officers stated. Some educate motion has been affected, together with the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani information. Officers stated part a dozen different trains whose agenda has been hit by means of the protest come with Awadh information, Amritsar-Bandra, and Indore-Nizamuddin information.

The Gujjars were protesting for reservation intermittently since 2007. They’ve been given five in keeping with cent in a unique class, however it has been struck down a variety of occasions by means of court docket because it exceeds the 50 in keeping with cent restrict set by means of the Perfect Court docket.

Gujjar chief Vijay Bainsla nowadays stated their protest for reservation in jobs and schooling as a “maximum backward magnificence” group will proceed till their calls for are met, information company ANI reported. Masses of Gujjar group individuals in Bharatpur are protesting underneath Mr Bainsla’s management.

“Younger folks don’t seem to be getting jobs. There’s anger amongst them. Our motion will proceed. We now have spoken to (Ashok) Gehlot ji, however not anything has came about thus far,” Mr Bainsla advised ANI.

“We now have now not spoken to someone. Formative years is unemployed, 25,000 jobs are caught and no person is speaking about it. This protest will proceed till our calls for don’t seem to be fulfilled,” Mr Bainsla added.

“We now have spoken to Gehlot ji 4 occasions prior to now however not anything materialised. It is been two years, how a lot persistence do they call for from us?” Mr Bainsla stated.

Stories stated the Gujjar group has been divided into two factions – one led by means of Himmat Singh Gujjar has agreed with the Rajasthan executive’s cupboard sub-committee on 14 issues following talks on Saturday, whilst the opposite led by means of Mr Bainsla is constant with the protests.

“We had an excessively sure dialogue and we’re happy with the 14 issues that we have got agreed on. There is not any want for agitation and we are hoping the federal government will meet its guarantees,” stated Himmat Singh Gujjar, whose delegation met with Rajasthan minister Raghu Sharma.

In step with the Rajasthan Top Court docket’s directives issued in 2007, a mahapanchayat can handiest be held after an endeavor has been submitted to the district collector.

Additionally, as in keeping with the Nationwide Crisis Control Act and the Rajasthan Epidemic Ordinance, 2020, all through the COVID-19 disaster a congregation of greater than 100 folks may now not be held within the state.

The Rajasthan executive on October 26, 2018, handed a invoice that greater the Different Backward Categories (OBC) quota from 21 in keeping with cent to 26 in keeping with cent.

In December 2018, the state executive authorized one in keeping with cent reservation for Gujjars and 4 Different Backward Categories.

Those communities are getting one in keeping with cent separate reservation underneath the criminal restrict of 50 in keeping with cent reservation supposed for the most-backward class along with OBC reservation.

With inputs from PTI