Delhi-Mumbai train services hit as Gujjars protest
Tuesday December 21, 2010 02:17:36 PM,
IANS
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Bayana (Rajasthan): Train services between Delhi and Mumbai were hit as Gujjars,
demanding reservation for the community in government jobs, laid
siege to a railway track near Bayana in Bharatpur district of
Rajasthan.
Gujjars under the leadership of Colonel K.S. Bainsla, convener of
Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, after holding a Mahapanchayat in
Bayana, about 150 km from the state capital Jaipur, Monday decided
on the rail blockade. Following the decision, hundreds protested
at the railway track in Piloo Ka Pura forcing the railways to
divert and cancel a few of its trains.
"We after considering the situation have stopped train movement in
the area due to security reasons," a senior railway official told
IANS.
He said the worst affected were the services on the Delhi-Mumbai
route with close to 22 trains getting affected. A couple of trains
have also been cancelled, he added.
One passenger train running between the Jaipur-Bayana sector has
been short terminated at Gangapur, he added.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded Tuesday as the movement of
trains between Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan's Bharatpur.
"The protesters have been sitting on the railway track at Piloo ka
Pura near Bharatpur and trains had to be diverted. The passengers
were stranded in Mathura, Agra and Bharatpur," a rail official
said.
Half a dozen trains, including the Rajdhani Express, were diverted
through Agra Cantonment railway station to avoid Bharatpur Monday
evening. Reports also said the tracks were damaged.
Over 15,000 Gujjars began their agitation Monday.
Bainsla said the community would continue their protest till their
demand on reservation is met.
"We would continue to hold a peaceful protest across the state
till the state government fulfils our demands for five percent
reservation, withdrawal of cases against Gujjar agitators and
their release from jail," Bainsla said.
Flaying the state government, he said the government has been
dilly-dallying over the issue for too long.
"We strongly criticise Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's recent
announcement that the government will go ahead with recruitment
before the quota issue for Gujjars is settled," Bainsla said.
The state government has warned that strong action would be taken
against people indulging in damage of government property. Late at
night, Gehlot reviewed the situation with the director general of
police, chief secretary and the home minister.
In July 2009, the Rajasthan government had announced five percent
reservation for Gujjars and 14 percent for economically backward
classes taking the total reservations for various sections of
society to 68 percent in the state.
The Rajasthan High Court in October 2009 had stayed the quota in
jobs and educational institutions in the state for Gujjars and
economically backward classes as the reservation ceiling had
exceeded the cap of 50 percent.
Gujjars demanding reservation for better educational and job
prospects earlier between 2006 and 2008 staged violent protests in
which many lives were lost.
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