PTI, JAIPUR: Rajasthan’s Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla tonight announced to withdraw the agitation call on reservation issue after assurance from the state government to look into the demands of the community.
A delegation of Gurjars led by Bainsla held a meeting with a group of Rajasthan ministers which ended on a positive note.
Both the sides reached a consensus and signed a 16-point agreement at the secretariat here and announced to postpone the agitation at a joint press conference.
Rajasthan’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore said the government has agreed to the 16 points of the community and assured a time-bound implementation of the agreement.
Besides Rathore, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Arun Chaturvedi and General Administration Department (GAD) Minister Hem Singh Bhadana were present in the meeting.
Bainsla said he was satisfied with the government’s assurance therefore he is withdrawing the agitation call. The agitation was proposed to begin on May 23.
The Gurjars’ main demand is of bifurcation of the OBC reservation for getting five per cent reservation to Gurjars and other communities under the category of most backward classes.
On the issue of reservation, Rathore said the state government will take an appropriate decision after the report of the Rohini Commission, set up by the Centre to examine the sub-categorisation of OBC.
He said the commission has invited Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh on June 4 and after its report to the Centre on the most backward classes and the Centre’s decision, the state government will take necessary step to address the issue.
