Rajasthan Issue

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

GURJAR MAHAPNCHAYAT

On 25 November in Kaimary


According to Dainik navjyoti news service 22nd November, a meeting was organized in Gangapur city at Devnarayan temple for community’s participation in Mahapanchayat.

The temple committee president Subuddhi mavai, Parasuram khedli, Bhajan habibpur, Fatehsingh, Madan palasod, Ram khiladi brammbad, Hariprasad and many other prominent gurjar leaders addressed the meeting in Gangapur city to participate in Mahapanchayat.


The national leaders Sachin pilot MP, Awatar Singh bhadana MP, Rajendra bidhudi, Kartar bhadana MLA, Bramhasingh mavai State Gurjar Mahasabha Leader, Prahalad Gunjal M.L.A., Atar Singh Bhadana M.LA., Ramgopal gard Jila pramukh, will address the Gurjar Mahapanchayat

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

GURJAR MAHAPNCHAYAT

On 25 November in Kaimary

According to Bhasker news 22 Nov Mr. Prahalad Gunjal the Gurjar leader addressed a meeting in Mahmadpur village (tehsil-BayanaDist-Bharatpur) he said that the Mahapanchayat in Kaimary will be historical, more then a lakh of gurjers will participate there.he addressed all gurjars to participate there.

The Gurjar leader narrated that the Gurjar reservation agitation is at the stage from where back step is not possible. The Gurjar Mahaparaav organized in Jaipur on 17 December will be Final battle in this issue of Gurjar reservation, if the state Cabinet committee of Govt of Rajasthan fails to send the letter to Center.

The gurjar Mahapanchayat will lead to restlessness of Chief Minister
Madam Vasundhara raje.

Mr. Gunjal made an allegation to Govt to harass his family; he said even the Govt is going to extreme harassment he will not take a back step in service of community. I may even leave my life in community favor, but will never deceive.

In this panchayat MLA Atarsingh Bhadana said that he will not remain in peaceful life until reservation is to be achieved. The central Govt will immediately accept the proposal of reservation of state Govt, provided the letter is sent.

The other leaders Harbhan mahloni,Mukhram rajana,Vijaysingh Sarpanch,J.P.Sarpanch,Sheeshram damadama,Bijendrasingh,Rakesh dahina,Narayansingh,pooran gurjar,girrajsingh , participated in the meeting

During talk to the media personnel Mr. Gunjal alleged the Govt to misbehave with Gurjers when they were in Jails during Jail bharo andolan Agitation on 2nd October.

He said that the compromise made by Col. Bainsla was Relaxation to Govt rather then Gurjers, mr baisala is misguiding the community, he is making compromise every time and getting only assurance from Govt at the peak of agitation .

He make the statement to Col that he is showing the dream of making a palace on the Dune of sand (the assurance of Govt are false). The Gurjar Mahaparaav which is organized in Jaipur on 17 December will be Final battle and will be decisive in this issue of Gurjar reservation,

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

Gurjar Mahapachayat 25 November 2007 ko, KAIMARY men

date 25-11-07 ko kaimery Rajasthan men gurjar mahapanchayat hone ja rahi hai uske liye rajasthan ke Vibhinn bhagon men panchayaton ka ayojan kiya ja raha hai.
Bayana,Bharatpur area ke mahmadpur village men Gurjar leader Prahalad gunjal ne, 25 nov ko Kaimary men hone bali mahapanchayat men sabko amantrit kiya,

aur kaha ki yah panchayat etihasik hogi ,ismen andolan ki disha(Direction) aur dasha (condition)par vichar kiya jaega.

Yah panchayat soti maharani vasundhara ki neend uda degi,

Aur iske baad agar 15 december ko, jaisa ki Chitthi bhejane ka aswasan diya tha ,agar maharani ne poora nahin kiya to 17 december ko Gurjar samaj Jaipur men mahapadaav shuru kar dega,

tatha is baar koi compromise nahin hoga,Mahapadaav aar paar ki ladai hogi .

Gurjar samaj ka andolan aaj is isthiti men pahunch gaya hai ki ,yahan se peechhe hatana sambhav nahin.Gunjal ne kaha ki sarkar ne mere parivaar ko kafi utpeedit kiya hai,Chahe sarkar mere poore parivaar ko jinda deewar men chinva de main Kaum ki khatir Ladai men peechhe nahin hatoonga, pran de dunga lekin peechhe nahin hatoonga.
Atarsingh bhadana MLA ne kaha ki Gurjar samaj arkshan mile bagair chain se nahin baithega,Rajya mantrimandal ki chiththi agar jaipur se dehli chali jaye to dehli se reservation milane men der nahin Lagegi.

Kamary ki mahapanchayat men rastriya star ke leader
,Sachin pilot MP, Awatar Singh bhadana MP, Rajendra bidhudi, Kartar bhadana MLA, Bramhasingh mavai State Gurjar Mahasabha Leader, Prahalad Gunjal M.L.A., Atar Singh Bhadana M.LA., Ramgopal gard Jila pramukh,bhag lenge.

patrakar varta ke dauran Prahlad gunjal ne kaha ki Col bainsla ne 2nd octover ke andolan men samjhauta kar sarkar ko rahat di na ki gurjar samaj ko,Col bainsala baar baar samaj ko aswashan dilva kar gumraah kar rahe hain,col ko ret ke dher par mahal banane ke sapane samaj ko dikhane ka aarop lagate hue kaha ki itna bada netrutva karana Col ke bas ki baat nahin ,Col bajsala sarkar se sirf aswashan le sakate hain.

[chif ministear]

rambilassingh said:

Dear gurjar brothers


please keep patiance
dont upset by the news as given by Indian express
the news is

Split in Gurjar front as Bainsla calls off mass arrests


Although Bainsla on Wednesday called off the agitation, his decision did not go down well with other leaders of the community such as expelled BJP MLA Prahlad Gunjal and suspended BJP MLA Attar Singh Bhadana .
Several members of the community doubted Bainsla’s motive as he went ahead with the dialogue with the state Government in their absence.
Talking to The Indian Express, he reiterated the Gurjjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti’s demands that the state Government provide jobs to relatives of those who died in the police firing during the Gurjjar agitation four months ago as well as compensation for those who were injured.
“Moreover, we want that the cases filed against the protesting Gurjers to be withdrawn and that the state Government to send the letter recommending ST status for the community at the earliest,” . > www.indianexpress.com/story/227037.html


“WHAT HAPPENED IS GOOD HAPPENED, WE CAN NOT CHAGE THE PAST, THINK FOR TODAY AND TOMAROW “(beetee taahi bisar deu aage ki sudhi leu)

May be col bainsala right on his judgment we can not speculate until reality is exposed, dear brothers col bainsala is very sincere and experienced leader. I think a he is able not to take immature decision, and he may not bargain the aspiration of gurjar reservation issue, as it is his own dream to be fulfilled. This may be his policy to take cooperation of the government.


He has achieved chopra committee from the 1st movement, now from the 2nd now he may have achieved following.
1. Govt job to the family person who died in the police firing during the Gurjjar agitation four months ago
2. Compensation for those who were injured.
3 the cases filed against the protesting Gurjers to be withdrawn
4 states Government should send the letter recommending ST status for the community at the earliest,”
Is this achievement not satisfactory?

May be I wrong but I am sure that he is struggling for this aspiration since his retirement, and he has used his pension money for this, he may not take wrong decisions This doubt appeared when Col Bainsla went ahead with the dialogue with the state Government in the absence of core committee, If he had taken the core committees in confidence this situation would not happen.

This is the reason why today on 15 October 2007 core commity had decided to dismiss Col bainsla from coordinator of the Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti’. Now Col baisala wiil remain as a member.
This meeting of core committee was held at pratap nagar jaipur on the Residence of Sujan singh gurjar asst coordinator of the Gurjjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti’. This committee is in existence since 12 sepember2007. Members of committee were nominated 21 in number to take decision on reservation issue at the residence of Ex MLA jaswant singh gurjar
,The committee consisted members were harisingh mahua, shayer dhabhai, arjunsingh kashana, devaki nandan kaka, sujan singh gurjar, ramgopal gard, gopichnd gurjar, mukhiya gurjar, vikarm singh gurjar ganesh lamodi, prahlad gunjal, atar singh bhadana, mahant bhudev das, ram Chandra saradhana all 14 members(14 out of total member 21 2/3rd majority), with other invited gurjar leaders ,decided that any decision shall be taken with consent of committee &mutual understanding, the decision taken by Col bainsala was his personal decision , the committee asked to govt if report of chopra committee not sent on time The Gurjar community may take tough decision.
The committee passed a resolution to explain the talk held with Govt and why he neglected committee’s decision and preferred personal decision. The next meeting will be held on 20 October

The cooperation to the government is not so bad if this has been promised confidentially to col bainsala by state govt the battle of this issue is long fight not the matter of a day. We should not be crazy, as long as the fight will go ahead we will come together and will be united, the unity will solve all the problems. The achievement of ST status will not solve all the problems but if we get united in the journey then there will be no need for all of this.

As you see our leaders are pulling legs of each other it shows our Inherent Character to be dominant. In the positive way competitive dominancy in the way of self progress & key to success, but by leg pulling is a cheap idea both will go backward, The leaders of our community are experienced persons, if they are not still united at this issue due to ego how we may think for progress .the egoistic person even achieves treasure of Kuber he will destroy this in a short period

.At present vasundhara govt is in hot water, as Brahmins,Rajputas,and gurjers are demanding for reservation Jats are also angry with Govt. and meenas has announced to organize Mahasmmelan parallel to gurjar mahasammelan and movement. The BJP is Hindu based party it will not allow any community to be annoyed ,In the last movement the Govt took it lightly ,now in 2nd phage no any casualty reported although the gurjars blocked highways Uprooted railway lines as in previous movement. But by the negotiations, govt overcame all of this. In this movement govt remained cool and avoided the aggressive statements, made by Govt in previous movement. Last of all Madam Cheifminister make a appeal to neighboring states as well as center to help in this matter ,this shows how helpless is Govt and desire to resolve this matter.
but at the present situation no any political party, or central govt. responded to it. The other political parties are waiting for favorable situation. At present situation the vote balance is in favor of Meena community at state level, If at the National level strong Gurjar Agitation arises Then vote politics will favor to gurjar’s.Any political party will not enter the issue until position become clear either with vote bank sway or constitutional decisions of chopra committee

.Every party is on “WAIT &WATCH POLICY”

On14 October 2007 Meenas organized Mahasammelan in Karauli and criticized all 31 present meena communitie MLAs for why they have allowed the Govt in past to form chopra committee, why they have not given resignation to Govt at that time, now all leaders should try to dissolve chopra commity.Mr Suresh meena MLA from karauli threatened that they will cut the hands of senders of chopra committee repot to center

How they can pressurize the elected Govt not to form the constitutional inquiry committee in the matter, and if report comes in favors of gurjers how they can stop the govt not to send it to central govt. The aggression at sammelan was, that the inquiry of chopra commmity if comes in favor of gurjars nobody can stop the ST status reservation of gurjars, then not only by political means, the gurjars will be able to get it by constitutional way.
Hence meena sammelan demanded that chopra committee should immediately be dissolved. Now The BJP Govt ‘s strategy appears to resolve this issue only by constitutional way ,Because only by this way the facts about gurjar communities backwardness are to be revealed constitutionally .By this way the BJP Govt may remain safe guarded transferring responsibility of judgment to the chopra committee , after inquiry gurjars may fight the battle by, constitutional way also

The support of the Govt in the diplomatic way may not be wrong, because in history of freedom fight INC and Gandhi ji was pressurized to give support to Britishers in 2nd world war, but later on Britishers did not make there promise, Now on this time, if col bainsala has supported the Govt with diplomatic way then he may be right and if we are cheated by govt then in the fore coming elections Gurjar community will provide answer to the BJP
Dear brothers the achievement of target is not so wonderful as the journey because journey teaches all experience and proper utilization of target one who achieves target without struggle he will not utilize it properly
Yours rambilassingh
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[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

GURJAR MAHAPANCHAYAT IN KAIMARY RAJASTHAN
According to Dainik Bhasker News; the Mahapanchayat Organized on 25 November 2007 by
Sanyukt Gurjar Arakshan sangharash Samiti was said to be success full. The 12 village of Khatana Gurjers were organizer of Mahapanchayat.The main speaker of Gurjar Mahapanchayat Mr. Prahalad Gunjal said that before 2nd October The Gurjar Dynamite was to explode now cooled down by Col Bainsla.

The Leader said that in last 6 months what we found, is the 26 dead bodies of our brothers, Hundreds of injured Gurjers, 10,000 police cases on Gurjers, and hundreds of Gurjers are still in Jail. At this stage we can not stop our agitation, and they will not allow anybody to deceive the community.
He said that the Gurjar community will continue the agitation until the Govt will not send the letter to central Govt. with the recommendations of Cabinet committee, through The Governor of Rajasthan. Mr. Atarsingh Bhadana MLA said in Mahapanchayat that the gurjers are only with those leaders who are with the issues of Gurjers

Other leaders who addressed the meeting of thousands of gurjers were, Ranveersingh GudhaMLA, The National president of Gurjar Chetana Manch Mr. Rajendra Singh Vidhudi, Ex Chief Sachetak Assembly of Rajasthan Mr. Harisingh Mahua, Ex MLA Nagar Gopichand Gurjar, Ex Jila Pramukh Jhalawar Mr. Sujansingh, The National President of Pathik Sena Mr. Mukhiya Gurjar, The State President of Yuva Gurjar Mahasabha Dr vikaramsingh.

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

PANCHANA DAME WATER CONFLICT


According to Dainik Navjyoti news 25 November 2007 (Hindi) The Pachana dame Karauli Rajasthan, water crisis is now becoming more complicated. The agitation was started on 22nd of November by the farmers of Nearby 40 villages of Panchana Dame (mostly Gurjar villages).The Panchana Sanghrash samiti Gudala (Gurjers) on negotiation with Govt representative Ram pal Jat Denied to compromise on this issue until work for lift canal being stated
Now on 25 Nov. a large meeting was organized to demand the availability of the irrigation water for agriculture purpose to the farmers of Nearby residing 40 villages on which they have first right.

The farmers of 40 villages of Gurjers which are in surrounding area of panchana dame are now struggling for Water crisis as water is not made available to them and are deprived of their right, In the Past the irrigation water was provided only to remote the villages of Meenas which are in the command area of panchana dame .
The nearby 40 villages had started Mahapadaav and stopped the water supply to Remote villages of Meenas until their water crisis for irrigation purpose is solved, by the Govt., with starting the work for lift canal for irrigation to the demanding villages.




On the other side the Meena farmers of Command area are also on agitation in demand to provide them irrigation water.
The Panchana command area Sangharsh Samitis Coordinator Rajbahadur meena told that they have faith on Govt., the Govt will provide them the irrigation water until 30 November, failing to provide irrigation water the Farmers of command area will start strong agitation.



Thirdly the 360 villages of draining area of Gambhir river (Bharatpur district) on which the Panchana dame is made, also started agitation with the association of Near by 40 villages of Gurjers to leave the water in Gambhir River, as the River is dry now and the draining area of river is deprived of water for their animals, the water level of that area has gone down .being the draining area Farmers they also had the right to get the water of their part.
The agitation has become now triangular and interesting.
the Mahapanchayat of Four districts farmers was organized on 25 November on this occasion Col Kirori singh Bainsla addressed the meeting and said that this is the matter of sorrow that the farmers who have the first right on this water are deprived of water and their Land is now Barren (cropless, uncultivated ground) while the irrigation water is being provided to remote
villages.

By rambilassingh

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

PANCHANA DAME WATER CONFLICT in karauli Rajasthan

this movement of Gurjar Kishans (farmers) is going on since 22 November, today on 29 November stiill continued ,as per announcement in gurjar kishans(farmers) the next meeting will be held on 5 December to discuss on this issue

Dear brothers this is rising of gurjars ,now Gurjars are conscious in every field ,and can think about themselves, soon they will able to get the rights through democracy .
dear brother farmers ,keep it up until aspiration fulfilled

yours
rambilassingh

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

Chopra Committe in rajasthan about to complete his report within Provided extended duration

According to Dainik Bhasker Hindi rajasthan 27 November. The Committee headed by Justice Chopra , which was appointed to look into matter of Gurjars Reservation issue, to decide eligibility to get ST Status reservation by Gurjar .was extended upto 15 December .

This 15 Dec time line was extended when this committee was unable to complete this report on15 September, after working of 3 months duration from 15 June.
Now Rajasthan govt Do not wants to annoy the Gurjars ,The Govt may announce special packages to gurjars for thier developement according to dainik navjyoti news hindi 28 November
talking with dainik navjyoti media Justice said that the field work of commitee is complete and will be submitted on time.

by rambilassingh

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

ALL ABOUT GURJAR RESERVATION ISSUE, NEWS

Report of Chopra Committee on to ST Status Reservation Issue for Rajasthani Gurjers
On 15 Dec 2007 Rajasthan Gurjers are awaiting Report of Chopra committee on Eligibility of St status.

News 1.

The Committee (Panel) was appointed on 7th June, have a look on given below news

The Rajasthan government on Thursday named retired high court judge Jasraj Chopra as the head of three-member high-powered committee to examine and prepare a status report on the Gujjars' demand for a shift from Other Backward Classes to Scheduled Tribes status.
A formal announcement will be made by Friday, Principal Home Secretary V S Singh told reporters in Jaipur.
The committee would examine the norms laid down for Gujjars in their current status in the OBC category and consider their representation for inclusion in the ST list within three months, Singh said.
Justice Chopra to head panel on Gujjar ST demand>rediff news 8 June 2007
Discussion 1.
Everybody is making its on prediction and Both Meenas and Gurjers appears satisfied, it is magic of Vasundhara raje (or Ruling Quality) the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. The Magic is so implemented on Gurjers about divide and rule policy That when Mr. prahad gunjal And Bhadana was organizing meeting in Kaimary village Col Bainsla organized Meeting on Pachana Water Conflict on same day(25 November) to prevent Gurjers in participation on Gurjar reservation issue Meeting. On individual Campaign when Gunjal and Bhadana were Near Dausa and Jaipur the propaganda that they are doing it for making their votes for election was highlighted, this was the height of Maharani’s magic on Gurjers to be divided in two parts.
This magic not only worked for Gurjers but also worked on Meenas Meeting They also organized meeting on 25 November and not a single Govt MLA or minister Participated in Meeting and only 1200 Meena brothers Reached to Participate there.
How this Happen the both above castes were crazy about hot topic of reservation and this issue suddenly became cool, is not this magic?
At present this was required and was the duty of good administration that the Maharani introduced, the next step which will appear on 15 December 2007will be answer of this"

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

News 2.
Dr Kirori Lal Meena, food minister in the Vasundhara Raje government in Rajasthan, said that it was unfair for the Gujjars to start agitation for seeking Scheduled Tribe status when they were already reaping the benefits of the OBC quota.
Speaking exclusively to rediff.com he said that the Gujjars did not fulfill any of the conditions that are necessary to get ST status - "There was no justification for the agitation as it could have never succeeded.
Colonel Bainsla may have bought time by accepting the three-member commission, let me tell you that under no circumstances are they going to get favorable verdict," Dr Meena claimed.
He admitted that three ministers and 31 Meena MLAs were ready to resign in case the Rajasthan government wrote a letter to the Union government to recommend ST status for Gujjars.
"In Dausa we are 3.5 lakh Meenas and only 2.5 lakh Gujjars but, still, we decided to elect Rajesh Pilot, his wife Rama and now his son Sachin to represent us. Now we will elect our own man. We can influence 78 seats in the state Assembly," he boasted.
According to Meena, giving ST status to Gujjars would be a political suicide - "We are 13 percent and Gujars just 5 percent. The government has to decide who to go along with."
Gujjars already enjoy OBC benefits: Meena leader> From Rediff India abroad news
News 3.
Of course, the Meenas got included in the ST list on account of a misplaced comma in the 1953 Kaka Kalelkar Commission's report on Socially and Educationally Backward Classes: a comma was inadvertently put after Bhil for a small community known as Bhil Mina in that report, which led to the large Meena community (accounting for a massive 10 per cent of Rajasthan's population) unexpectedly getting classified as a Scheduled Tribe.
Having accidentally benefited from this classification, Meenas now zealously guard their patch, unwilling to allow the reasonably advanced Gujjars to compete in the same arena.
The Pioneer > Columnists
Of course, the Meenas got included in the ST list on account of a misplaced comma in the 1953 Kaka Kalelkar Commission's report on Socially and ...

Have a look to this news.

economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation
/How_Meenas_got_ST_status/articleshow/2087874.cms
Above news article mention that by just putting common between Bhil Meena allowed the whole Meena community in the ST list in 1954.

News 4
Now the Demand for Exclusion of the advanced Meenas of Eastern Rajasthan

For Over the last 60 years or so, the Scheduled Tribes appear to have evolved into two distinct groups: those who have able to take advantage of the protection and benefits guaranteed to them under the constitution and have been able to decrease the gap in development between them and other communities; and those Scheduled Tribes whom such programmes and protection have failed to reach and who, therefore, still exist at subsistence level with poor health, without education & jobs and low income levels

The advancement of Minas of Eastern Rajasthan (Sawai-madhopur, Dausa, Karauli, Alwar, Jaipur etc) over other tribal groups is so enormous that they are not only eating the major share of government jobs reserved for Scheduled Tribes of Rajasthan but at the national level also the tribal population of other states is not in a position to compete with them being more forward, prosperous and resource full lot of the society and thus the basic spirit and objectives of the National Tribal policy are being lost. All the government posts (ranging from clerical to officer grade and from academic to professionals) reserved for STs are being occupied by Minas. For example out of the total cadre strength of RAS officers (838) in Rajasthan, 83 belong to ST category. Out of these 83 ST RAS officers, about 75 belong to Mina community of Eastern Rajasthan. What is important to note that only 4-5 officers belong to other tribal groups of the ‘Scheduled area’ ( Bhils, Garasia, Saharia, Dhanka etc) of Southern Rajasthan. It is relevant to mention here that the southern districts of Rajasthan viz. Dungarpur, Banswara, Udaipur, and some parts of Sirohi and Chittorgarh districts were specified as ‘Scheduled area’ by the President of India vide Scheduled areas order, 1950 dtd 7.12.1950 following the criteria of: preponderance of tribal population, under developed nature of the area and marked disparity in the economic standard of the people. But it is unfortunate to note that the condition of real tribal groups of the ‘Scheduled area’ has not improved much and the benefits of tribal welfare schemes including reservation policy have completely been looted by the prosperous and landlord (pseudo tribal) Mina community of Eastern Rajasthan. The situation is more or less same in all Government departments viz. administration, police, accounts, railway, post & telegraph, revenue, excise, traffic, taxation, health, forest, technical, judicial services, education, tourism, industry, insurance, banks and so on. There are Minas and Minas…….. every where from bottom to the top hierarchy of any Government department. There are hundreds of IAS and IPS officers and in other Central Civil Services belonging to Mina community of Eastern Rajasthan but hardly a single person belonging to Bhils, Garasia, Saharia, Dhanka etc. As per the result of Civil Services Examination, 2006 out of the 36 reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes at all India level, more then 15 successful candidates belong to Mina community of Eastern Rajasthan. This result shows that the Minas who constitute just 4.5% of the total ST population of the country (8.42 Crore) have captured more then 40 % of the top class all India services.
Now the time has come for de-scheduling of certain STs and sub-categorization of existing STs to ensure that benefits are evenly spread across the actual tribal groups. Fortunately the uniqueness of the Indian system (Article 342 of the Indian Constitution) is that the process of inclusion of a community as ST and its exclusion from that list, if a community ceases to have the requisite characteristics, is an ongoing process. >http://meenasamaj.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

Discussion 2.
In Rajasthan, Gurjers constitute between 5 to 7 per cent of the state's 57million population. Gurjers are present in large numbers in several northern states (10% Indian population) and already in scheduled tribe status in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. In Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, the Gurjers are listed among the "other backward classes" and face stiff competition for jobs and colleges places from well-off castes, such as the Jats, who have better social infrastructure.


India's constitution mandates that 7.5 per cent of public sector jobs and places at government colleges be reserved for scheduled tribes, 15 per cent for dalits, formerly known as untouchables, and 27 per cent for "other backward classes” India has more than 6,000 castes and sub castes, 3,743 of which are designated “backward” on the grounds of social and educational deprivation. Scheduled castes represent around 25 percent of the total population of more than a billion people.


Kalu Lal Gurjar, a member of the Gurjar caste and a minister in the Rajasthan government, said the Indian government promised in 1964 to reclassify the group as a scheduled caste.

“At that time, there was opposition from within the Gujjar community itself, because they thought that it would be demeaning to be associated with the scheduled castes,” he said. Later, when the material benefits of being consigned to the bottom of the ladder became more obvious, the mood changed. “The community has been agitating since the 1980s for inclusion,” he said.
.Earlier the representatives of Gurjers were shown a note dated August 20, 1981 of the then Congress government of Shiv Charan Mathur, which read "Regarding Gurjers, these people are basically milk-sellers and keep cattle. They are fairly well-off and suffer from no shyness of contact with people of other castes. Also they do not have any primitive traits (for them) to be considered for inclusion in the ST list."
The Grjjars have been raising their demand for a long time now. Ashok Gehlot government of the Congress could not accede to their demand as only 26 out of 32 district collectors had responded to the Government query then. It is worth noting that there has been no new addition to the Rajasthan ST list since 1977.
It is in this background that Vasundhara Raje’s promise to Gurjers to be inclusion in scheduled tribe status List.

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

News 5.
A funeral like despondency desended on the small town of Lalsot in Dausa district of Rajasthan since five people died here in clashes between the dominant Meena community and Gujjars on June 5, 2007. The town came to a standstill after violent clashes at Ghata village near Lalsot; armed forces had taken over this small town. The violence at Ghata started after a huge mob of heavily armed Meena men (in tens of thousands) attacked peacefully protesting Gujjars (just about 150 villagers) who were demanding their inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes category of reservation. Ramsharan Gujjar, a resident of Digo village, was one of the dead. He was brutally beaten up and stabbed several times by his Meena counterparts in Lalsot till he bled to death. His father, Nathulal Gujjar, and his wailing family, sit outside their small thatched house in Digo with tragedy writ large on their faces.
The entire village is mourning. “It's been three days since I heard the news of my son being dead and since then we haven't eaten anything. The Meenas killed my son because they don't want us to prosper. My son and other Gujjars who died in the agitation have become martyrs and their deaths won't go in vain. They sacrificed their lives for a better tomorrow of our community and we will make sure that we get what we deserve,” said sobbing Ramsharan. The rest of the Gujjars around his house raised slogans in support. Sivaram Gujjar, 25, is nursing his bullet injury at the MMS hospital in Jaipur. “I was smoking Beedi with my friends when the police started firing,” he said. “First, we thought that they were rubber bullets but when I was hit on the shoulder, I realised that it was a real bullet. I lost consciousness. When I was brought here I realised that most of the people were shot at the back.”
Quote, unquote, quota>from hard news Akash Bisht Lalsot, Dausa
News 6.
New dehli,2 June (ANI) The national president of all India minority fronts.S.M.Asif today called for immediate granting of ST status to Gurjar community of rajasthan Expressing solidarity with the agitating Gujjar community over its demand for Scheduled Tribe status, Asif said the Meena community which has been accorded Scheduled Tribe status, should not oppose recognition of the Gujjars.
He claimed that before Independence, Gujjar, Meena and Lodh were among the 32 communities listed as criminal tribes. But the Meena tribe has been brought under the ST lists and the Gujjars still remain socially and economically backward.
All India minority front supports Gujjars demand for ST status>Yahoo news india


News 7.
Rajasthan Dev Sena Party and Veer Gujjar Mahasabha have announced their unconditional support to BJP in the Lok Sabha elections; the Rajasthan Dev Sena Dal and the Gujjar Reservation Action Committee have challenged the stand and accused the BJP of doing injustice to the community.
A section of the community feels that the political rhetoric would not bring any benefits to Gujjars and the ruling BJP should instead be asked to open more schools and hostels in the Gujjar-dominated areas, besides making recommendation to the Centre for providing the ST status to them.
The Dev Sena Party and Veer Gujjar Mahasabha leaders, Gyan Singh and Bhairon Singh, led a delegation which met the Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje, here the other day and assured her of their support to BJP during the polls. A special mention of Ms. Raje's relationship with Gujjars through her son's marriage in a Gujjar family was made on the occasion.
The Hindu : National : Gujjars divided on support to BJP
"Gujjars will punish the BJP for overlooking its promise for reservation made hundreds of times during Ms. Raje's Parivartan Yatra,'' Mr. Gujjar said.

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

News 8 from the Gurjar web site>Welcome to Gujjar Samaj
News 8a. WHY MOVEMENT
The Gurjjar community in Rajasthan makes up close to 10 per cent of the total population of the state and not one person would doubt that the community is one of the most backward in the state.
The condition of the community In Rajasthan could be judged from the fact that there hasn't been a single Superintendent of Police or CMO from our community, in the past 60 years. In the six eastern districts of Rajasthan, there isn't a single lady MBBS from the community.
While statistics about Gurjjars presence in state and central services indicate the level of the development in the community, the plight of the Gurjjar community in Rajasthan goes far beyond the figures.
The community is caught in a time wrap. While the rest of the country is progressing at a rapid pace, Gurjjars do not have the capacity to compete. The country is moving forward but a majority of the Gurjjars community from Rajasthan is still forced to live a life similar to the animals we live with.
In Rajasthan, the condition of the Gurjjar community is similar to the condition of the tribals living in Central India. Gurjjar villages are cut off from civilisation, they have little access to education, they still follow the same occupations Gurjjars did a century ago and in a large number of our habitations you would not be able to know if we are living in the year 2007 or 1907.

News 8b. Qualification / Guidelines for the inclusion of communities into the Scheduled Tribes:
The government of India does not set specific guidelines for the inclusion of communities into the Scheduled Tribes, paragraph 20.4 of the Draft National Tribal Policy states:
“The Lokur Committee evolved certain criteria for the purpose of determining which communities could be classified as Scheduled Tribes: These are indications of primitive traits, distinctive culture, geographical isolation, shyness of contact with the community at large and backwardness. The number of communities classified as Scheduled Tribes as on today is nearly 700. The criteria laid down by the Lokur Committee are hardly relevant today. For instance, very few tribes can today be said to possess ‘primitive traits’. Other more accurate criteria need to be fixed.”
Gurjjars qualify under all of them:
• Gurjjars stay in groups of villages
• Gurjjars have their own Gurjjari language, the first condition for a clan to be called Adivasi. Jammu & Kashmir even has TV programmes in Gurjjari. No district magistrate or officer in Rajasthan is able to understand our language
• Gurjjars have a nature-dependent culture. Among Gujjars, felling trees is still considered a sin
• Gurjjars are outside the Hindu caste system, and aren't counted among the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas or Shudras. (In his latest book, Arun Shourie writes in a satirical way that today even Gurjjars call themselves Kshatriyas. An author of that repute derides Gurjjar when Gurjjar community compare themselves to Rajputs!, what are Gurjjar community should call themselves!
• Gurjjars follow a lot of superstitions and practices, such as tattooing the body
• Women are still bought and sold among the Gujjars. There's a women's mandi in Dhaulpur, from where Chief Minister Vasundhara Raja hails. Women from all parts of the state are brought there to be sold.
• Gurjjars still build our houses with bushes and wood because we do not have means for better houses. Do not compare Rajasthan’s Gujjars to the Gujjars of Delhi and around. Gurjjars, in Rajasthan, are worse-off; the conditions there are totally different
• Gurjjars worship our own gods -- Dev Narayan, Nanhe Bhumiya, Bhairon, Chavan. It's a different system altogether. Nanhe Bhumiya is believed to cure cancer. Hasraj Gurjjar, a two-time MLA from Rajasthan, died of cancer because he didn't want to be treated at a hospital
• Levels of literacy among Gujjars are pathetic
• Gurjjars have our own songs, dances etc, a sign of tribal culture
• Gurjjars depend on fellow Gujjars for help, monetary or otherwise, and hardly interact with people from outside the community, which means our links with society at large have been cut off for long.
News 8c.Choronology events
• In 1857, the British branded the Gujjars as a criminal tribe as the community had taken cudgels against the colonial rulers.
• In 1924, under the Criminal Tribes Act, Gujjars and other tribes designated as criminal tribes were subject to strict regulations.
• In 1951, Sardar Vallabbhai Patel got the Act repealed.
• In 1954, Meenas’ and some other communities were put in the ST category and Rajasthan’s Gujjars were totally ignored inspite of the fact that Gujjars were Criminal Tribes and their socio-economic condition was equally bad, if not worse.
• The first movement for the inclusion of Gurjjars into STs was started in the late 1950s.
• Gujjars figured were among the Backward Castes in 1981.
• Gurjjars first demanded ST status in 1984 when Shiv Charan Mathur was Chief Minister. Mathur rejected the proposal on the ground that Gujjar were well-off dairy farmers, who also owned land, had no grounds for seeking quotas. He did not mention what was the average size of Gurjjar landholdings and what was the socio-economic condition of the community. He also did not specify if other communities which are presently in the ST category also owned land and what was their condition, compared to the Gurjjar community.
• In 1993, the community was included in the list of OBCs.
• The movement to include Gurjjars in the Scheduled Tribe was re-initiated around the year 2000. Colonel Bainsla and others moved from village to create ground for a popular movement.
• During the campaign for the 2003 Vidhan Sabha elections, present Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had made a promise to the community on this issue.
• Gurjjar community met the present chief minister, Vasundhara Raje, and government officials.
• On September 3 last year, Gurjjar community organised a rail-roko andolan at some places.
• Gurjjar community met the chief minister and other ministers and put our case forward. Trains were stopped, and the agitation continued for 14 hours.
• State government Officials came to Gurjjars place, and community we discussed the issues, and it was decided there would be a meeting between Gurjjar leaders and state ministers.
• The chief minister gave us assurances but nothing substantial came about.
• At rasta roko abhiyan was announced atleast one month before may 29, 2007 but there were no attempts by the state government to contact Gurjjar community. Not a single official of the state government bothered to contact community. It should be remembered that no organisation can attract a crowd of about two lakh people in 24 hours.
• On May 29, about 7 a.m., Gurjjar community assembled at Dudavali, three kilometres from the place where police firing took place. Gurjjars’ decided to carry out a peaceful and non-violent agitation in an organised way.
• At about 7:15 a.m., community heard shots being fired nearby. Gurjjar community went to the place and found six people dead. It was said that the officer in charge also fired at a constable, who was a Gurjjar and had raised questions over the unnecessary firing.
• The mob reached the place, about two lakh in number. In that tumultuous atmosphere, two policemen died

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News 9.

Frustrated hopes
R.D. Gujjar, who heads the Geography Department in Rajasthan University, said that Gujjars were mostly poor, illiterate and culturally isolated. Over the years, they have watched Meenas prosper. Another Gujjar academic pointed out that even if the community was given the benefit of reservation, it would have very few members who would be able to make use of it. The demand for reservation, says R.D. Gujjar, is an expression of frustration in a community that finds itself in crisis with extremely small landholdings and a threatened pastoral existence in the face of dwindling grazing lands. Bacchan Singh Gujjar, a resident of Peepalkheda, recalled that the call for the "chakka jam" (roadblock) was given for 11 a.m. The police firing around seven o'clock that morning was completely unexpected. Ram Niwas was on his way to a temple when he was caught in the firing and died. Villagers alleged that police harassment started the previous night when policemen picked on women and children at random and beat them up. Teejo, a woman in her seventies, said she was sleeping outside her home when policemen hit her on her legs.
The police had camped at the Reliance-owned, fancy A I Plaza outlet at Peepalkheda on the highway from May 27. Plaza employees said they witnessed villagers being beaten up around 1-30 a.m. on May 29. "When the situation got out of control, the police ran away. Our plaza got destroyed because the `administration' was staying here. We provided them with food round the clock. They stayed here for three days until the firing," one of the employees said. Angry agitators vandalised the A I Plaza after the police firing, but other private eateries on the road were left untouched.
The woes of Peepalkheda and Patoli did not end with the death of six men. As the agitation spread to the nearby districts of Alwar, Sawai Madhopur and Bharatpur, a new adversary emerged - the Meenas. In much of eastern Rajasthan, where the agitation was concentrated, Gujjar and Meena villages lie side by side; in larger villages with mixed populations, the two groups live more or less in harmony. But Meenas, who as a S.T. occupy many of the posts reserved for this category, presumably felt threatened by the Gujjar agitation for S.T. status though they far outstrip Gujjars numerically in the State.
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Discussion3.
The decision to set up a committee headed by a retired High Court judge to consider the Gujjar claim for inclusion in the ST list has brought about the much-needed reprieve. But the BJP government is left with the sticky task of striking a very fine balance between Gujjar aspirations and Meena apprehensions. This is going to be far from easy given the wholesale opposition from the Meenas -- who are numerically stronger and enjoy considerable political clout -- to sharing the benefits that accrue from ST status with any other community. Reclassifying the status of the increasingly restive Gurjers is not in the hands of the State government, with bodies such as the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Scheduled Tribes Commission having a say before the matter is put up to Parliament. Clearly,
Ms. Raje's rash election promise of conferring ST status on the Gurjers has returned to haunt her. Her experience should serve as a lesson on the dangers in recklessly playing the caste card in order to woo voters

[Dr rambilas singh Gurjar]

News 10
The Meenas, intent on another confrontation with the Gujjars, had been stopped 3 km short of Peepalkhera. But many of them, armed with weapons and lathis, were still in the area, officials said. "I had never seen such a large assembly of people from one community. The number could have been anything between 50,000 and 60,000 and they came in trucks, cars, motorcycles and tractors," Madhukar Gupta, commissioner of Jaipur division, told TOI.

Gupta said the Meenas were still camping at the spot and efforts were continuing to convince them to turn back "but they do not seem inclined".

He admitted that the departure of Kirori Singh Bainsala, the convenor of the Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, to Jaipur to meet chief minister Vasundhara Raje for talks had been delayed because of the large assembly of Meenas.

Bainsla was worried as the Meenas outnumbered Gujjars 2:1. In the event of a confrontation, the Gujjars would have been thrown on the defensive. He wasn’t ready to leave the place as the situation was tense and could have taken an ugly turn any moment.

SOURCE - timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Army_stops_Meena_raid_on_Gujjars/articleshow/2095927.cms

One wonders whether it is this sense of historical injustice to them, which has also contributed to their present violent mood
However, post-independence meenas, who are economically better off being landowners however managed to be classified in the 1960s as a scheduled tribe, while the economically inferior gujjars atleast in Rajasthan, however got the OBC status..
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