Click to play videoNew Delhi: In a latest development in the Gurjar protest demanding ST status, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has written a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to convene a meeting of chief ministers to discuss Gurjars' demand for ST quota.
Raje has asked the Prime Minister to study the parameters for granting ST status to any community. She claimed that the present set of norms are old.
Raje also asks the Centre for a separate 4 per cent to 6 per cent quota for Gurjars.
The standoff between Rajasthan government and Gurjars escalated on Sunday with Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje warning of tough action against violent agitators.
On Monday, toughening his stand, Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla demanded that the Chief Minister come to the agitation site and hold talks with the community members.
“There is no question of relenting this time. If we do, then history will call us cowards. Only Chief Minister Raje should come and talk to the community members present here. After all, we are her own people," Bainsla was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Home Secretary, VS Singh, told CNN-IBN, that a Cabinet meeting on the Gurjar agitation was being held. "We have sent an open invitation to them for talks," he added.
He also stated that there was no need for commando action. "A2, which maintains law and order under the civil administration is managing the situation," Singh said.
Amid all this confusion, Union Home minister for State, Sripraksh Jaiswal has threatened to bring article 356 in force in Rajasthan.
Raje, who made an aerial survey of the site on Sunday, warned of strong measures. The Gurjars, led by Kirori Singh Bainsala, had earlier rejected her offer for talks in Jaipur.
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