JAIPUR: Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla on Saturday threatened to intensify agitation from November 9 if their demands are not met.
Bainsla had set 12-hour deadline on Friday for the state government to meet their demands.
Bainsla had said either the state government send minister Ashok Chandna or any other representative with an offer on Saturday or they will decide their future course of action.
But neither Chandna nor any other minister came to meet Gujjar leaders till Saturday evening. But Bharatpur collector Nathmal Didel and police officials met Bainsla.
Bharatpur collector said there was no breakthrough in talks as Vijay Bainsla, son of Kirori Singh Biansla, has been insisting on issuing orders clearing backlog of appointments under more backward classes (MBCs).
Meanwhile, members of the Gujjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti continued their blockade of the Delhi-Mumbai rail route at Pilukapura under Bayana block and the Hindaun-Bayana road for the seventh consecutive day.
Bainsla held a meeting with other Gujjar leaders in Bawanpada of Sikandara following which he threatened to intensify the agitation.
The agitation will intensify from November 9 and the roads will be blocked across the state if the demands are not met immediately, Bainsla said.
Himmat Singh, a young Gujjar leader who is opposing Bainsla, said Kirori Singh Bainsla came to Dausa and met the community leaders. He apologized to them for anointing his son Vijay as the community leader. Bainsla is worried as people are not joining his agitation. The community elders informed Bainsla that they will decide their future course of action on November 9, he said.
He said the state government and community leaders from 80 Gujjar dominated villages in Bharatpur had entered in to a 14-point agreement on October 31 which met the community demands. He asked Bainsla to withdraw the agitation as he had met the purpose of his agitation to anoint his son Vijay Bainsla as the leader of the community.
Himmat Singh also demanded that the central government to act on the state government’s recommendation to put 5% reservation to the MBCs in Rajasthan in the IXth schedule of the constitution.
Gurjar leader Vijay Bainsla said, “We have been patient with the government, but it has assured nothing. Clearing the backlog of vacancies was a part of the Congress manifesto but nothing has been done.”