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Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla who has refused for the second talk with Rajasthan government in Jaipur unless his two demands are met, has agreed the same due to mediation by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

Earlier on Tuesday, Bainsla demanded to release arrested women, Gujjar activists and withdrawal of murder charge against 20 protesters conditional for the talks to move forward. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar reached Rajasthan on Tuesday and as expected in a dramatic turn of events after meeting the leader, Gujjars agreed to attend the second round of talks with Raje government in Jaipur today.

Officials in the office of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said that on late Tuesday evening Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, spearheading the community’s agitation for Schedule Tribes status, has conveyed his readiness to resume the talks, Rajasthan government promptly welcomed the development. Bainsla would communicate the strength and composition of the Gujjar delegation today, the officials said.

Earlier on Tuesday Raje government filed sedition case against Bainsala and some other top Gurjar leaders for allegedly making inflammatory speeches. However on the other side, the state government sent a letter to Bainsala asking him to send a delegation in Jaipur for further talks.

The fresh letter to Baisnal was sent after deliberations by the Vasundhara Raje government based on the feedback provided by ministers L N Dave and S M Jat, who attended on Monday’s talks with a 37-member Gujjar delegation at Bayana, an official said in Jaipur. “We are making all efforts from our side” to revive the dialogue process, the official said on phone from Gujjar stronghold of Bayana in Bharatpur district.

The state government has assured Gujjar that all issues mentioned in Bainsla’s letter, which was submitted to the two ministers, would be discussed to arrive at a mutually- acceptable solution, the official added.

Tags: Bainsala, Gujjar, Gujjar Agitation, Ravi Shankar

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