Scores of people from the Gurjar community continued their agitation over reservation on Monday, blocking railway tracks in Bharatpur as part of their protest. Seven trains were diverted on Hindaun city-Bayana rail route in wake of the Gurjar agitation.
Gurjar leader Vijay Bainsla declared that the agitation for reservation in jobs and education as a “most backward class” (MBC) community will continue till their demands are met.”This time our delegation will not go anywhere to hold talks with the government. If they want to talk, they can come and meet us here on the railway track,” said Hardev Singh Paowta, a core committee member of Rajasthan Gurjar Community.
Reportedly, the Gurjar community has been divided into two factions, one faction of the Gurjar Reservation Committee led by Himmat Singh Gurjar has agreed with the Rajasthan government’s cabinet sub-committee on 14 points following talks on Saturday. While the other faction led by Gurjar leader Vijay Bainsla is continuing with the protests.”The youth are not getting employment. There is anger amongst them. Our movement will continue. We spoke to Gehlot Ji, but nothing has happened so far,” Vijay Bainsla, Gurjar leader, said earlier.The Rajasthan government on October 26, 2018, passed a bill that increased the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota from 21 per cent to 26 per cent. In December 2018, the Rajasthan government also approved one per cent reservation for Gujjars and four other backward castes (OBCs).These communities are getting one per cent separate reservation under the legal limit of 50 per cent reservation meant for the most-backward category in addition to OBC reservation.
