The Hindu Business Line : Bainsla calls off Gujjar stir

KARWADI(Rajasthan): A day after the Rajasthan Government announced five per cent reservation for Gujjars, their leader Mr Kirori Singh Bainsla on Thursday called off the nearly month-long agitation for Scheduled Tribe status.

Mr Bainsla, who reached Karwadi-Pilupura area, the agitation's epicentre, from Jaipur on Wednesday night, said he was "very happy" with the agreement signed with the Rajasthan Government and was calling off the agitation that began on May 23.

Mr Bainsla, a retired army colonel, expressed his gratitude to the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ms Vasundhara Raje, and gave her the credit for ending the stalemate.

"The agreement signed between the Gujjar community and the Rajasthan Government is a historic step. We are thankful to the Chief Minister and welcome the Government's decision,'' Mr Bainsla told his community members camping here while referring to the a ccord for Gujjar quota under a "special, separate backward class" category.

"The Government has given us more than what we demanded," said Mr Bainsla, who is the Gurjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti chief. - PTI

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