Unhappy Gujjars want nothing less than 5% quota

A faction of the Gujjars on Monday said it would launch a fresh agitation against the one per cent additional quota offered to the community by the government, saying it was not ready to settle for anything less than the 5 per cent separate reservation.

All India Gujjar Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti would hold a ‘Mahapanchayat’ at Sikandra town of Dausa district on May 13 to decide on the agitation, its chief patron Ramvir Singh Bidhuri told a press conference here.

Strongly condemning the agreement arrived between the state government and Gujjar leader Kirorisingh Bainsla on granting one per cent additional quota, he alleged that Bainsla settled for the accord only for his “personal gains”.

“Gehlot-Bainsla accord on one per cent quota within 50 per cent limit is unconstitutional,” Bidhuri said.

“Bainsla, who got political mileage by getting Lok Sabha ticket from BJP and important postings for his relatives now ended the Gujjar agitation for ensuring a Rajya Sabha seat for his daughter in the June 17 elections,” Bidhuri alleged.


Besides Gujjars, people of Rebari, Gardia Lohar and Banjara communities would also participate in Mahapanchayat to draw the attention of the government, he said.



“Gujjars’ sole demand would be 5 per cent separate quota for the community, release of Gujjar prisoners booked for previous agitations, pensions to bereaved families of 72 ‘martyrs’ of the community who fell to police bullets and withdrawal of cases,” Bidhuri insisted.

The community had called off its month-long stir on May 5 after the government agreed to accord one per cent more quota to it in addition to the existing four per cent given to them under the OBC category.


As per the agreement, since the community is already getting four per cent reservation under the OBC category, they would get one per cent more quota till the High Court completes formalities on their demand for five per cent reservation under the Special Backward Class category.


The decision to call off agitation had met with stiff resistance on the same day