GUJJARS CALL OFF AGITATION

The Gujjar community on Saturday called off its eight-day agitation after Rajasthan tourism minister Vishvendra Singh handed over a draft of the reservation bill to Gujjar leaders on the railway tracks at Malarna Dungar.

JAIPUR:The Gujjar community on Saturday called off their eightday agitation after Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh handed over a draft of reservation bill to the Gujjar leaders on the railway tracks at Malarna Dungar. Train services on Delhi-Mumbai have been resumed after the agitation was withdrawn.

Gujjar leader Col (retd) Kirori Singh Bainsla announced all agitators to just withdraw stir and open all railway tracks and national highways after he and other leaders read the draft.

In a tweet, chief minister Ashok Gehlot welcomed the withdrawal of the agitation. He said, “Whenever the Gujjar community had held agitations, we (Congress) resolved the issues through dialogues and talks. We have been successful without using force.”

Over a week-long dharna led by Kirori Bainsla on railway tracks and highways had inconvenienced travellers. Gujjars were demanding. They were demanding 5% reservation in educational institutes and state services.

Taking a dig at BJP, Gehlot said that even today it pains us that 72 Gujjars had lost their lives in police firing under the BJP regime. He said whenever there have been agitations in BJP rule, Congress leaders have appealed the agitators to maintain peace. However, it is unfortunate that whenever agitations took place in Congress rule, the BJP leaders always provoked them.