JAIPUR: Throwing their weight behind the agitating Gujjars,former Bharatpur MP Vishvendra Singh and his wife Divya Singh called on the Gujjar leaders at the mahapadav in Dausa on Tuesday and vouched the support of Jat community for their cause.
Earlier,president of Jat Mahasabha,Rajaram Meel had also pledged support of his community while Kirorilal Meena has been openly vouching for the Gujjar cause.
The couple addressed the mahapadav at Dausa and said that the Gujjars must be given reservation within the 50% cap set by the Supreme Court.They said that the 5% reservation may be taken from the 14% reservation meant for the OBCs and given to the Gujjars, said Himmat Singh,a senior Gujjar leader in Dausa.
Earlier on Monday,Gujjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti spokesperson Roop Singh was in Jaipur for consulting a research scholar on the reservation rights for the Gujjars.The scholar is researching on criminal tribes in the state.There are certain links that she is working on for the Gujjars too and she had suggested a 10% reservation for us, Roop Singh said.
Meanwhile,the mahapadavs at various locations in the state are still on as members of the Gujjar community continue their peaceful agitation in various parts of the state.
The proposed meeting of Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla with the Israni committee slated for Monday has now been rescheduled for Thursday.
DGP reviews security in city
Director general of police (DGP) Harish Chandra Meena reviewed security arrangements in the district at a meeting in the police control room on Tuesday.Apart from bandobast for Gujjar reservation agitation,he enquired about progress in various loot and murder cases in the city recently.Meena was apprised of progress in these cases.The meeting began around noon and ended at 2 pm.With danger of Gujjars entering the city to press their demand for reservation still looming large,Meena took stock of the situation and asked the officers to remain extra vigilant.TNN
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