Gujjar agitation over reservation called off train road traffic in restoration process

  • | Saturday | 16th February, 2019

Without any major incident of violence, the deadlock ended and the community agreed to withdraw their agitation. Gujjar Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti had put 5 demands after the government since they had passed a bill to grant 5 percent reservation to the community. It was followed by arrival of cabinet minister, Vishvendra Singh and other police officers. West central railways(WCR), Jabalpur and North Western Railways(NWR), Jaipur maintained that they have started restoring the rail traffic and by the evening the trains on the route would start plying. “We are also withdrawing the agitation in national interest.

JAIPUR: After nine days the Gujjar agitation came to an end when Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla while thanking the government declared to withdraw the agitation and appealed his community members to clear all the blockades.With the declaration the road blocks on Jaipur-Sawai Madhopurr from Tonk, Sawai Madhopur-Madhya Pradesh from Kushalipura, Jaipur to Agra via Sikandara and rail blocks from Maksundanpura and Choth Ka Bardwada tracks on Delhi-Mumbai and Jaipur-Sawai Madhopur routes were cleared. West central railways(WCR), Jabalpur and North Western Railways(NWR), Jaipur maintained that they have started restoring the rail traffic and by the evening the trains on the route would start plying. Gujjar Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti had put 5 demands after the government since they had passed a bill to grant 5 percent reservation to the community. One of the main demand was that government should give in written that if the bill gets stuck in the court the state government will pursue it. On Saturday Neeraj K Pawan, IAS who has been camping at Sawai Madhopur reached the railway tracks at Maksundanpura and handed over the draft to the Gujjars. It was followed by arrival of cabinet minister, Vishvendra Singh and other police officers."I have already clarified that the state government was sensitive. Without any major incident of violence, the deadlock ended and the community agreed to withdraw their agitation. I also apologize from the common man for inconvenience caused during the agitation," Singh said while taking to TOI.Kirori Singh Bainsla thanked the chief minister, Ashok Gehlot for safeguarding the rights and interest of the Gujjar community and asked agitating Gujjars across the state to withdraw the agitation and leave from the sites they were blocking since February, 8. “We are also withdrawing the agitation in national interest. I am thankful to the chief minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot,” Bainsla said while addressing the protesters at the Maksundapura railway tracks.The outcome was a result of 5 hours meeting of Gujjar leaders with the administration that took place on Friday. “

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