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Jaipur, February 12
The Gurjar agitation for 5 per cent reservation in jobs and education entered its fifth day today, with protesters blocking Chaksu town, about 40 km from here on the National Highway 52, the police said.
The blockades on the Agra-Jaipur-Bikaner National Highway-11 in Dausa district, state highway in Nainwa of Bundi district, Malarna road in Sawai Madhopur and the Karauli-Hindaun road at Budla village in Karauli district continued from the previous day.
“Apart from the routes that were blocked till yesterday, agitators laid a blockade in Chaksu town of Jaipur district. No untoward incident has been reported so far. Law and order situation is under control,” Director General of Police (Law and Order) ML Lathar said.
The North Western Railway said in a bulletin that three trains were cancelled and two diverted on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Gurjar leaders have refused to back off from the tracks and roads. “We have not received any communication from the state government so far. Dharna will continue,” Vijay Bainsla, son of Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, said.
Gurjar agitation leader Kirori Bainsla and his supporters began their indefinite sit-in on railway tracks in Malarna Dungar of Sawai Madhopur on Friday evening. Bainsla has stuck to the demand of 5 per sent reservation for the Gurjar, Raika-Rebari, Gadia Luhar, Banjara and Gadaria communities, and has to refused to move from the tracks until the same is met through an official announcement.
A state government delegation, including Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh and IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan, held talks with protesters on Saturday, but failed to come to an agreement. — PTI