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The much needed talk to break the impasse took place today between agitating Gujjars of Rajasthan and Rajasthan government’s representatives but it could not stabilize the situation in Rajasthan as talks failed on the issue of granting 5 percent reservation in the government job for Gujjars.

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As per report of the sources, a minister in the Gehlot government Jeetendra Singh who went to the ground zero i.e. to the railway tracks which has been jammed by Gujjars for the last seven days to negotiate on the matter. Unfortunately, that could not bring anything acceptable to the revolting community.

Sources also reported that Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla said that he wanted a permanent solution to the problem and rejected the government’s offer to set up a committee with him as one of the members to resolve the reservation issue.

An emissary of the state government, Jitendra Singh, Energy minister of the state said that Gehlot government is looking forward for the reservation but before that it has to undertake a quantifiable data of nomadic tribes who come under the five per cent category.

He also further informed that the government was ready to set up a committee with Bainsla as one of its members to resolve the stand-off.

After no outcome at the meeting, sources have reported that Gujjars today sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to “provide justice” to their community in Rajasthan.

Gujjars are also planning to organise peaceful rallies and demonstrations at all district headquarters to express solidarity with their brethren in Rajasthan.

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