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Gurjar quota stir: Rajasthan Govt forms three-member Cabinet Sub-committee

Jaipur, June 30 (UNI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma today constituted a three-member Cabinet Sub-committee to resolve pending demands of the Gurjar Reservation Action Panel.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Joga Ram Patel, Social Empowerment Minister Avinash Gehlot and Minister of State for Home Jawahar Singh Bedham have been inducted in the panel to discuss and settle the matter at appropriate levels make it's recommendation to the government, an official spokesman said here today.
Besides the demand charter of the Gurjar Reservation Action Committee, the panel would examine all aspects of the reservation quota to the most backward classes (MBCs) and would hold parleys with representatives of stakeholder groups and other communities to work out consensus.
The demands include inclusion of clause of the five per cent quota to most backward classes (MBC) in the ninth schedule of the Constitution, withdrawal of cases registered in connection with activities in the earlier phases of Gurjar agitation and rectification of anomalies in matters related to roster of appointment in service or admission in higher education institutions.
The Gurjar agitation led by Col Kirodi Singh Bainsla had begun about 20 years ago for pressing up the Schedule caste status to Gurjars. The stir gained pitch by year 2007 - 2008 and had witnessed widespread violence in Pilupura, Peepal kheda - Patoli (Agra Road), Malarna Dungar (Sawai Madhopur) and Khushali Durra(Khandar) that had left 72 persons dead in police firings or mob violence.
The then Vasundhara Raje led BJP government was forced to sign agreement assuring Gurjars reservation quota. However, by the end of 2008, the Raje-led BJP government lost the election and the process of implementation of the accord got impaired for some time.
The new Congress government led by Ashok Gehlot had kept agitating Gurjars busy on table talks and in the process solved many ticklish issues but couldn't make much headway for final settlement.
When the Raje government against assumed office in December 2013, it gave one per cent reservation to Gurjar, Rebaris, Lohars and some other smaller groups under a new category of the Most Backward Class(MBCs).
Then when the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government was installed in December 2018, it raised the MBCs quota to 5 per cent.
Now, the Gujjar's led by late Col Bainsla's son Vijay have been pressing for inclusion of the clause of MBC quota in the ninth schedule of the Constitution besides withdrawal of cases against agitation activists and some other procedural demands.
The Action Committee led by Vijay Bainsla held Gurjar Mahapanchayat in Pilupura Bharatpur on June 6. However, the same was called off the same evening following written assurance for early action on pending issues. UNI XC SSP
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