Friday, December 24, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Gujjar stir: 24-hour bandh in Ajmer

 

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gujjar-stir-24hour-bandh-in-ajmer/138470-3.html

Gujjar stir: 24-hour bandh in Ajmer
CNN-IBN
Posted on Dec 24, 2010 at 08:34am IST

New Delhi: Rajasthan government has invited protesting Gujjars for talks.

Rajasthan Government has constituted a committee of three ministers to
talk to Gujjars including Jitendra Singh, power minister, home
minister Shanti Dhariwal, transport minister Braj Kishore Sharma.

Meanwhile it's another day of rail disruptions in north India - as the
Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan continues into it's fifth day - a
24-hour bandh in Ajmer.

Gujjar stir: 24-hour bandh in Ajmer

To put pressure on the state government, the community wants a 5 per
cent quota within the existing 21 per cent OBC quota in government
jobs and educational institutions.

Highways and key rail routes remain blocked or the past four days.

Sangharsh Committee convener Om Prakash Bhadana told reporters that
they would intensify their agitation if the state government failed to
provide quota to them.

In an attempt to do so, they call for a day-long bandh in Ajmer on Friday.

Earlier too, over 200 Gujjars blocked the National Highway in Ajmer
for three hours in protest.

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