Gujjar quota stalemate continues; rail services hit

Jaipur | Saturday | 16th February, 2019

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We were supposed to sign a memorandum of understanding late on Saturday evening. Let’s hope for the best,” he said.“We have got certain assurances. JAIPUR: They sat, they talked at the SDM office of Malrana Dungar in Sawai Madhopur on Friday for more than five hours and promised to call off their ongoing agitation on the railway tracks passing through Maksudanpura.But, there was again twist in the tale in the evening. But, everything would be finalized only seeing the draft which government officers said would be sent at 10 am on Saturday,” said Shailendra Singh, general secretary, Gujjar Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti after meeting.The meeting was attended by Vishvendra Singh, cabinet minister Bhupendra Sahu, inspector general of police, Bharatpur range, Neeraj K Pawan, IAS officer, Sameer Kumar Singh, superintendent of police, Sawai Madhopur and from Gujjar representatives Shailendra Singh. Gujjars claimed that they were yet to see the draft of undertaking by the state government through which they wanted assurance that even if the Act promising them 5% reservation gets stuck in legal tangle, the state government will fight for them..