Rajasthan: Gujjars’ dharna for quota turns violent, police vehicles torched; shots fired

Three police vehicles, including two jeeps and a bus were set afire by agitators

The Gujjar community agitation demanding five per cent quota in jobs and educational institutes turned violent in Dholpur district Sunday as shots were fired and three police vehicles torched.

Unidentified miscreants fired 8-10 rounds in the air while the blockade on the Agra-Morena Highway was in place, Dholpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Singh told PTI.

Three police vehicles, including two jeeps and a bus were set afire by agitators, Singh added.

The SP said the protesters also pelted stones, injuring four jawans, adding that police had to lob tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Gujjar leader Bainsla.

The blockade by Gujjar Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti chief Kirori Singh Bainsla and his supporters began Friday evening in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district and has forced the West Central Railway (CWR) to divert, cancel or partially terminate nearly 200 trains in the last two days.

The protestors are demanding five per cent separate reservation to Gujjars, Raika-Rebari, Gadia Luhar, Banjara and Gadaria for government jobs and admission in educational institutions. Bainsla had said that reservation was promised by the government in its election manifesto.

A state government delegation, including Tourism minister Vishvendra Singh and senior IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan, Saturday met Bainsla and his supporters to hold talks, but no agreement could be reached.

Sawai Madhopur: Members of the Gujjar community hold a dharna demanding reservation, in Sawai Madhopur, Saturday, Feb 9, 2019. (PTI)

“We will continue the dharna on the rail tracks. No compromise was made with the government delegation. We want a 5 per cent reservation order,” Bainsla had said.

Bainsla last month gave a 20-day “ultimatum” to the state government to clear its stand on the reservation to the communities in government jobs and educational institutes, failing which he threatened of reviving the quota agitation.

As the deadline lapsed, Bainsla after holding a ‘Maha Panchayat’ at Malarna Dungar in Sawai Madhopur district, started the sit-in along with his supporters, blocking trains.

(Inputs from PTI)

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