Jaipur: Barely two weeks since the State government was able resolve the Gujjar demand for reservations, a new controversy over quotas is brewing in the state. All because of a questionnaire prepared by the State Backward Class Commission.
Questions meant to help district collectors identify economically weaker sections of higher castes have paradoxically enraged the groups they aim to help and how!
Angry demonstrations took place outside the Rajasthan Backward Classes commission on Thursday.
The questionnaire has upset not just the members of these groups, but also sociologists who find the questions offensive and redundant....
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07:50 AM, Jan 22, 2011
Jaipur: Colonel (retd) KS Bainsla, leader of Rajasthan's agitating Gujjar community, will on Tuesday hold talks with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, even as the community's stir for five percent reservation in government jobs entered its 16th day, disrupting some train services. Bainsla left Piloo Ka Pura near Bayana in Bharatpur district and is expected in Jaipur by late afternoon for the talks, after holding discussions with the 51-member Gujjar delegation...
04:14 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Jaipur: The talks on Monday between a motley delegation of the Gujjars and the Rajasthan government broke down, with the community leaders blaming the government for not accepting their three major demands, and continuing their job quota agitation for the 15th day. "They did not accept our demand to stop the government recruitment process till an amicable solution is found to our reservation issue. Secondly, the government failed to satisfy...
06:13 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Jaipur: Talks to end the 15-day-old impasse on the Gujjar quota issue failed to make much headway on Sunday with the agitators unrelenting on their demand for five per cent reservation in government jobs. The state government and the Gujjar agitators will have another round of talks on Monday, Energy Minister Jitendra Singh told reporters at the end of four hours of tough negotiations. "The deadlock persists," Gujjar leader Sriram...
07:56 AM, Jan 03, 2011
New Delhi: Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla refused to attend a fresh invitation for talks saying he first wants to know the outcome of talks between Congress leaders of his community and the government. After a fresh invitation for talks was made by the government this evening, Bainla refused to commit that a delegation of community leaders will be sent for negotiations on Sunday, saying he was waiting to know...
08:36 AM, Jan 02, 2011
Jaipur: The deadlock over quota to Gujjars in Rajasthan persisted for the 13th day on Saturday as the community remained non-committal on a fresh invitation for talks tomorrow to sort out the issue. The Gujjar leaders are insisting that a decision will be taken only after it learns about the outcome of the parleys between Congress leaders from the community and government representatives. After a fresh invitation for talks was...
12:12 AM, Jan 02, 2011
Jaipur: An amicable solution to the Gujjar agitation could be in sight with further talks between representatives of the community, demanding five per cent quota in government jobs, and the Rajasthan government expected on Friday afternoon. "We have decided to send a 21-member delegation to Jaipur to hold further talks with the state government officials," Roop Singh, spokesperson of Gujjar Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti, the body that is spearheading the agitation,...
12:15 PM, Dec 31, 2010
Jaipur: Agitating Gujjars in Rajasthan, demanding 5 per cent quota in state jobs, on Thursday held second round of talks with the government after which the two sides said that the negotiations were moving in the positive direction. "The meeting was held amicably and the community is ready for next round of talks. We have requested all of our public representatives including MP Sachin Pilot and state minister Jitendra Singh...
11:55 PM, Dec 30, 2010
Jaipur: In Rajasthan the tourism industry seems to be paying the price for the Gujjar agitation. The blocking of rail and road traffic has left tourists refusing or unable to arrive in the dessert. The much-awaited Christmas-New Year trip to the Golden triangle of Delhi Agra and Jaipur became a nightmare for tourists. And those who did manage to visit these places have horror stories to tell. "We had to...
12:31 AM, Dec 30, 2010
Jaipur: Gujjar leader Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla has agreed to hold talks with Rajasthan government over his community's demand for five per cent reservation in state government jobs and educational institutions. Colonel Bainsla, who is leading the agitation at Pilukapura, said that an eight-member delegation of Gujjars will hold talks with the state government. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had on Tuesday appealed to the agitating Gujjars to end their...
02:46 PM, Dec 29, 2010
New Delhi: Gujjar protest will on Wednesday be seen in Delhi on the tenth day of their agitation, demanding five per cent quota in the OBC category in Government jobs and educational institutions. Blocked rail routes due to the Gujjar protests between Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Mumbai, road blockades between Jaipur and Agra among other places in Rajasthan may have inconvenienced thousands of people in the ten days. But the Ashok Gehlot...
07:08 AM, Dec 29, 2010
New Delhi: The stalemate over the Gujjar quota issue continued for the ninth day on Tuesday. Community leader Colonel Bainsla maintains that he is ready for talks. He will be sending five representatives to meet the Gehlot Government's three-member panel in Bayana on Tuesday. Talks have been inconclusive so far. Gujjars have been demanding a special five per cent quota within the existing OBC quota in Government jobs and educational...
12:13 PM, Dec 28, 2010
New Delhi: Rajasthan remained cut off from the rest of the country as the Gujjar agitation over quotas entered the eighth day of protests on Monday. The community which is demanding a quota within the existing OBC quota has called for a bandh in Ajmer after talks with the state government failed. The talks between the Gujjar community and the state government failed to break the stalemate on Sunday. "Agitation...
08:07 AM, Dec 27, 2010
Bayana: Talks between Gujjars, who are on a warpath on job reservation issue, and Rajasthan government on Sunday failed to break the deadlock with protesters unrelenting on their demand for 5 per cent quota even as they continued blockade of certain rail and road routes in the state. Gujjar leader Col (retd) Kirori Singh Bainsla rejected the government's offer to set up a committee with him as one of the...
06:45 PM, Dec 26, 2010
Jaipur With Gujjar agitation intensifying in Rajasthan, airlines have hiked fares on Jaipur-Delhi and Jaipur-Mumbai routes while the bookings are almost full for the next two days. Travellers have no option but to pay twice or thrice the actual fare as the demand has raised after cancellation of numerous trains due to the ongoing Gujjar agitation. "Airfares are constantly rising for the last two-three days. Yesterday, the fare for Jaipur-Delhi...
05:29 PM, Dec 25, 2010
Jaipur: Gujjars have intensified their agitation demanding five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational agitations in Rajasthan. Gujjar leader Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla has put forward new demands asking the state government to put new recruitment on hold and take steps to ensure reservation for the community within a month. Agitators have disrupted Jaipur-Delhi rail tracks as well as road routes. The Gangapur-Lalsot route and the Dausa-Bharatpur-Agra highway...
11:37 AM, Dec 25, 2010
The Gujjar agitation enters its third day on Wednesday with the community showing no signs of relenting from its demand of a 5 per cent quota in Rajasthan. Talks between Gujjar leader col Bainsla and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot failed on Tuesday and the effects were felt across the country with massive train disruptions. Stranded passengers, delayed trains and disrupted rail traffic marked Day two of the Gujjar agitation. Some...
08:24 AM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: The Gujjar community on Monday revived its agitation for 5 per cent quota in government jobs and educational institutes in Dausa. A section led by community leader Kirori Singh Bainsla blocked the Delhi-Mumbai rail route in Bharatpur. As a result 22 trains have been diverted and four have been cancelled so far. Another 5 Mumbai bound trains running late by 8-10 hours late. Despite reports of rifts in...
07:01 AM, Dec 21, 2010
The Gujjar quota Bill was cleared by the Governor in 2009. ...
11:44 AM, Mar 26, 2010
The Gujjar quota Bill was cleared by the Governor in 2009. ...
11:44 AM, Mar 26, 2010
