The deadlock between the Gujjars and the government over the quota issue persisted for the 13th day on Saturday with the agitators sticking to their demand for intervention of Congress leaders from their community before holding fresh parleys.
A primary school teacher in eastern Rajasthan shot dead a colleague on Monday in front of his students before making an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide.
With the Rajasthan High Court today ruling against 5% reservation in jobs for Gujjars, the community is getting ready to intensify its stir and may blockade roads and railway tracks across the state.
HT reports.
Barring a brief tiff with media persons near the sit-in site in Bharatpur, situation during the ongoing Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan remained under control, police said on Thursday.
Gujjars demanding reservation in government jobs on Thursday blocked rail and road routes for the fourth day, leading to the disruption of 19 trains.
Gujjar protestors demanding five per cent reservation in government jobs on Saturday blocked the Ajmer-Indore rail track in Bhilwara district on the sixth day of their agitation, disrupting movement of at least eight trains on the route.
Rajasthan ATS on Saturday claimed to have made a major breakthrough in the 2007 Ajmer blast case, recovering a car allegedly used for transporting explosives used in the terror attack and identifying five more persons who could be linked to the blast. HT reports.
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.
Agitating Gujjars made fresh attempts to block more rail routes in Rajasthan as their statewide stir entered the seventh day on Sunday, though security forces managed to control the situation, official sources said.
Gujjar agitators continued the blockade of many rail and road routes in Rajasthan and jammed the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Monday as their agitation on the job reservation issue entered the eighth day.
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot today said he would like to probe the involvement of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the Gujjar agitation in the state.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for hatching a conspiracy to incite the Gujjars led by Kirori Singh Bainsla to revive the agitation in the state.
An 11 member Gujjar delegation will hold a meeting with officers in Bayana today, Gujjar agitation spokesperson Roop Singh said.
Agitating Gujjars in Rajasthan, demanding five 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 Rajasthan government today requested the Gujjar community, agitating for 5% reservation in jobs, to send a delegation to hold further talks on their charter of demands while their protests continued to affect train services in parts of the state.