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Here comes a sudden twist in the story at the last minute of Gujjar agitation demanding for ST status which drops the chances of possible breakthrough in the Gujjar-Rajasthan government deadlock. The community leader Kirori Singh Bainsla on Tuesday declared that no further talks would take place unless his two conditions are met.

He asked to release the arrested women activists were and to withdraw murder charges were against 20 protestors before second round of talks in Jaipur.

Bainsla agreed for peaceful talks with Rajasthan government after a long tussle between two sides and the first round of the talk was held in Bayana on Monday. He has made the two demands a pre-condition for the talks which were to be held in Jaipur, a senior state government official informed source.

He said that the written commitment given by 70-year-old Bainsla in Bayana on Monday about holding of the next round of talks has been retracted.

“However we are making all efforts from our side” to revive the dialogue process, the official said on phone from Bayana.

Bhim Singh Bika, the SHO of the Bayana police station, has registered a case against Kirori Singh Bainsla under Articles 121A, 124A, 147, 148 and 149, charging him of sedition.

Meanwhile, Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has arrived in Bayana and it is suggested that he is there to mediate between the Rajasthan government and Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla to defuse the 17-day imbroglio.

The spiritual guru is staying at the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Ram Das Agarwal.

Tags: Bainsla, Bayana, Gujjar, Gujjar Agitation, Gujjar Row, Jaipur, Ravi Shankar

The burning issue of Gujjar’s agitation in Rajasthan demanding inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes list got intensified when the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla for allegedly violating its order restraining the community leadership from taking law into their hands.

Giving a stiff reply to stubborn Bainsla, Rajasthan government has filed cases against the leader including murder and damaging public property. The state government has also filed a contempt petition in the Rajasthan High Court against them. Bainsla is ordered to appear in the court on May 30 on a petition by the state government accusing him of violating the court’s order of September 10, 2007.

After four days of violence by Gujjar in Rajasthan demanding reservation in ST, which took away 39 lives till now, seems to be no end. The situation is getting tense and Rajasthan Government and the Gujjar leader both are stiff to their position.

The SP of Bharatpur told, “The situation is tense and we are keeping a close watch on it. We have proof of that the Gurjars have with them, identified criminals.”

Bainsla who rejected the letter that Raje wrote to the Prime Minister, asking the PM to provide 4-6% quota for the Gujjars said that “if there is nothing new in the letter, then it is a farce”. He also stated that the agitation will continue.

Bainsla and hundreds of his supporters are sitting on the railway tracks in Bayana along with the dead bodies of the people who were killed while police firing during the protest. Their agitation blocked several railway routes and disrupted the rail and road traffic.

The protesters blocked the national highway (NH8) that connects the national Capital Delhi to Jaipur and removed railway tracks in Bayana, the epicenter of the agitation.

Bandhs have been called in Banswara, Sangod, Khatauli, Rawatbhata, Beawar, Parbatsar and Deedwana. In the Chabra area, a roadblock has been set up and the Gujjars have threatened to cut off milk supplies in parts of Hadauti region.

Because of the unrest due to violence, Northern Railways has canceled nine trains, mostly originating from Delhi, passing through Rajasthan and diverted several others to different routes.

Tags: Agitation, Bainsla, Delhi, Gujjars, High Court, Rajasthan, ST