Gujjar protestors await Rajasthan govt response
Published: Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010, 0:35 IST
By Rakesh Bhatnagar | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA
Disregarding the grave inconvenience being caused to thousands of
people due to the troubled railway and road traffic in the northern
states, the agitating Gujjar community is awaiting the Rajasthan
government's response to their demand for providing 5% quota in job as
recommended by the IS Irani committee last year.
That the state government has engaged a top constitutional lawyer of
the Supreme Court, PP Rao, to make his submission before the Rajasthan
high court on Wednesday is an indication that the Gehlot government is
favourably inclined to the demands of the community.
Gujjars want the quota in job and education by deducting 4% from the
OBC's share and 1% under the government's power.
An influential Gujjar leader Ram Bir Singh Bidhuri, who heads the All
India Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, said the community shouldn't
indulge in violence.
"Violence isn't answer to a problem. Let's wait for the outcome of the
court dispensation," he said.
The Gujjar population of India is nearly 5.3 crores. The community is
found mainly in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab, western Uttar Pradesh, northern Madhya Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Delhi, and Maharashtra.
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended to the government
to carry out a survey to assess the size of different communities in
the total population of the country.
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