Jaipur: The crucial talks between Gurjar leaders and the Rajasthan government, stalled following preconditions set by the agitators, started in Jaipur on Friday to find ways to resolve the 22-day-old stir.
A 28-member delegation of the Gurjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, spearheading the agitation for Scheduled Tribe status, is being led by Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, an NCP MLA from Delhi, officials said.
Samiti chief Kirori Singh Bainsla, who nominated the Gurjar delegation, is not attending the parleys and is camping with his supporter in Bharatpur's Karwadi-Pilupura area, the nerve centre of the agitation.
The nine-member Rajasthan government team includes four ministers – L N Dave, Sanwar Lal Jat, Nathu Singh Gujjar and Nathu Singh Gujjar, BJP MP Ram Das Agarwal and the state's chief interlocuter S N Thanvi.
Preliminary talks were held in Bayana in Bharatpur on Monday but Bainsla put the precondition of releasing 25 women arrested for damaging rail track in Dausa district last week for the talks to be held in Jaipur.
The women were granted bail by a Dausa sessions court on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a six-member investigation team from the National Human Rights Commission will visit Bharatpur in Rajasthan on Saturday to get a first hand account of alleged police atrocities on the Gurjar community.
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