After talks with govt, stir over Gurjar quota ends

The members of the Gurjar community organised a mahapanchayat at Peelupura under Bayana tehsil of Bharatpur on Sunday to raise their reservation demands.

- Suresh Foujdar

BHARATPUR:

After the mahapanchayat, some of the protesters staged stir at the railway tracks and halted a Kota-Mathura passenger train briefly.

"Thousands gathered at the panchayat to demand their rights. The government has accepted our demands," said Vijay Bainsla, president of the Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti.

He quoted the assurances as stating that the state government will soon convene a cabinet meeting to send a recommendation to the central government, seeking the inclusion of the Gurjars in the Most Backward Classes (MBC) quota in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution.

"The government also assured that all irregularities under the Devnarayan Scheme would be corrected with input from Samiti members, and that proper benefits under the MBC quota would be extended to the community. The government promised that progress on all demands would be completed within 60 days," said Bainsla.