Rajasthan agrees to 4% special Gurjjar quota
The standoff between Gurjjars agitating for Scheduled Tribe status and the Rajasthan government ended today after the state agreed to provide 4 per cent reservation to the Gurjjar community under a special category. The state also agreed not to raise any objection to the mention of the Gurjjar tribe in the list of 23 caste/tribes sent by the Centre in December 1999, asking Rajasthan if it had any objection to the list under consideration for SC/ST reservation.
The Rajasthan government, sources said, has not agreed to make any specific recommendation of ST status for the Gurjjars but will not stand in the way of a list compiled by the Centre. Incidentally, the list is a compilation of castes and tribes recommended or forwarded by the state from time to time until 1999 for consideration of reservation.
The final announcement of the agreement will be made by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje tomorrow morning. She will make the “solution publicly known”. A senior Rajasthan BJP leader, part of the group representing the state government in talks, said that “the OBC and ST quotas might not be touched at all”.
Gurjjar leader K S Bainsla told The Indian Express: “The talks have been successful and a formal announcement will be made tomorrow morning. All I can say is that the Gurjjars have succeeded in getting a historical breakthrough.”
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The Rajasthan government, sources said, has not agreed to make any specific recommendation of ST status for the Gurjjars but will not stand in the way of a list compiled by the Centre. Incidentally, the list is a compilation of castes and tribes recommended or forwarded by the state from time to time until 1999 for consideration of reservation.
The final announcement of the agreement will be made by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje tomorrow morning. She will make the “solution publicly known”. A senior Rajasthan BJP leader, part of the group representing the state government in talks, said that “the OBC and ST quotas might not be touched at all”.
Gurjjar leader K S Bainsla told The Indian Express: “The talks have been successful and a formal announcement will be made tomorrow morning. All I can say is that the Gurjjars have succeeded in getting a historical breakthrough.”
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.indianexpress.com
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