Mobile internet services suspended in Rajasthan's Dungarpur
- | Saturday | 26th September, 2020
The candidates of the 2018 teachers` recruitment exam have been protesting for over the past fortnight to press for their demand to fill 1,167 general posts with ST-category candidates, police said.
Police authorities informed on Friday that the Prohibitory orders were issued and the mobile Internet services were suspended in Rajasthan`s Dungarpur district following a protest by candidates of a teacher recruitment exam that turned violent on Thursday.
The candidates of the 2018 teachers` recruitment exam have been protesting for over the past fortnight to press for their demand to fill 1,167 general posts with ST-category candidates, police said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also met representatives of the protesters here on Friday night. The meeting was attended by state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasara.
Congress and Bharatiya Tribal Party MLAs from the Dungarpur area also attended the meeting. On Saturday, talks will be held with a delegation of protesters in Udaipur.
After the meeting, state minister Arjun Bamania appealed to the agitators to maintain peace. Meanwhile, the traffic on the National Highway-8 in the Bichhiwada area remained disrupted due to the protest.
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