Jaipur: With a hope to end the standoff over demand for quota in jobs, the Rajasthan government has invited the agitating Gujjars to hold fresh round of talks at the state secretariat in Jaipur at 3 pm on Monday.
After blocking rail tracks and disrupting the Delhi-Mumbai railway route, Gujjars blocked National Highway 11 at Dausa on Sunday. The protesting Gujjars are not letting vehicles pass through the highway.
Around 500-700 members of the community have been agitating at the railway tracks near Pilukapura in the district. The protest has resulted in cancellation and diversion of many trains passing through the route.
Gujjars intensified their agitation on Sunday after meeting between representatives of their community and Rajasthan government ended in a deadlock. 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 said after the meeting.
Spokesperson of the 'Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti' Himmat Singh said 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 on Sunday between a delegation of Gujjars led by their leader Bainsla and a committee of ministers comprising Rajendra Rathore, Arun Chaturvedi and Hem Singh Bhadana. After the meting, Rathore said that another round of meeting would take place on Monday in Jaipur.
However, Gujjar leaders did not confirm whether they would attend the meeting and returned to the agitation venue after the meeting. Bainsla took the decision to hold talks with the government on Sunday following which the meeting was planned.
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