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Gujjars-government meeting begins at Jaipur

Source: PTI
January 02, 2011 20:41 IST
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Fresh round of talks between the agitating Gujjars and Rajasthan government began in Jaipur on Sunday night at the state secretariat to resolve the 14-day-old stir by the community demanding 5 per cent reservation in government jobs.

A 51-member Gujjar delegation, led by Basanta Gujjar, is holding the third round of the talks with a committee of ministers comprising Energy Minister Jitendra Singh, who is a member of the community, Home Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Transport Minister B K Sharma.

This meeting between government and Gujjars comes after the protesters on Friday demanded the intervention of Congress leaders from the community before the third round of talks.

Later Gujjar Congress leaders including Union Minister of State Sachin Pilot held a meeting at Jaipur to end the deadlock.

Representatives of nomad communities are also a part of this delegation which arrived in Jaipur in the evening and met minister Singh at his residence.

After the meeting between the representatives and Singh, fresh parleys started at the Rajasthan secretariat. The second round of talks was held on Thursday last between a 11-member delegation and government officials at Bayana, while the first round was held on Sunday at Pilukapura, the epicentre of the agitation, with Energy Minister Jitendra Singh representing the state government.

The high court on December 22 had stayed the operation of an Act granting five per cent reservation to Gujjars and directed the state government to undertake a data collection exercise within one year to justify the quota for members of the community.

The agitators have been blocking Mumbai-Delhi rail tracks and Jaipur-Agra National Highway and several other roads in support of their demand.

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