Jats, Muslims renew quota demand amid Gurjar agitation in Rajasthan

Groups from the Jat and Muslim communities in Rajasthan have renewed their demand for reservations, amid ongoing agitations within the state by Gurjars for quota in authorities jobs and academic establishments.

The protest by members of the Gurjar group, who’ve blocked the Delhi-Mumbai rail route in Pilupura and the Hindaun-Bayana highway, entered its tenth day on Tuesday after talks between its leaders and the Rajasthan authorities remained inconclusive on Monday.

Leaders from the Jat group in Bharatpur and Dholpur districts have determined to carry ‘mahapanchayats’ at totally different locations to debate the plan of action to get reservations in authorities jobs and academic establishments.

The first of those conferences can be held in Bharatpur district’s Pathena village on November 18.

“We will hold ‘mahapanchayats’ at different locations starting November 18 and take a decision. If the government wants to hear us through agitations, then we will do a ‘chakka jam’ after a decision taken in the ‘mahapanchayats’,” Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti convener Nem Singh Faujdar mentioned.

The state authorities ought to suggest to the Centre to present Jats of those two districts reservation within the Central OBC checklist, he mentioned, including that Jats of different districts of the state already have quota.

The Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur districts have been excluded from the Central OBC (different backward courses) checklist after a March 2015 Supreme Court order, after which from the state OBC checklist following a Rajasthan High Court ruling in August that 12 months.

In 2017, the Vasundhara Raje-led authorities had prolonged reservation to Jats of those two districts below the state OBC checklist, however they’re but to be included within the central checklist.

The Muslim Minority Development Committee (MMDC), which has written to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the reservation challenge, has demanded 10 per cent quota for backward Muslim castes.

“Muslim OBCs fare worse than other OBCs in education and social backwardness. Separate reservation for Muslim OBCs in education and services should be given in the state on the lines of Karnataka,” MMDC secretary common Yunus Ali Khan mentioned.

The Delhi-Mumbai rail route in Bayana’s Pilupura and Hindaun-Bayana highway has been blocked by members of the Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti over reservation for the group.

The organisation is demanding that the Rajasthan authorities ought to get the Gurjar reservation included within the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, fill the backlog of vacancies and provides the good thing about 5 per cent reservation to the Most Backward Classes (MBCs) within the pending recruitment course of.