With the Jail Bharo Andolan losing its grip after large number of Gurjars walking out of make-shift prisons on sureties, the Gurjar core committee resumed talks with Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Monday.
The rail traffic on the Delhi-Mumbai route, disrupted following agitated Gurjars uprooting about 300 metres of the rail track in Bharatpur district was also restored after Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla agreed to hold talks with the ruling BJP government, though contrary to the Gurjar core committee’s earlier announcement not to do so.
The state government had sent its emissaries ever since the Gurjar leaders launched their Jai Bharo Andolan from October 2 but the leaders had earlier resented the proposal. With the state government shifting key leaders in distant jails and the movement getting wayward for lack of leadership, Colonel Bainsla finally decided to resume talks with the state government.
Seeing the agitating Gurjars turning violent and resorting to damaging public property yet again, the Gurjar leader Colonel Kiori Singh Bainsla appealed to the agitating members of his community to maintain their cool.
Railtrack uprooted
Angry over alleged ill-treatment meted out to their leaders in prisons, Gurjars had uprooted 30 metres of the rail track between Dungaria and Fatehpuria stations, affecting traffic on the Delhi-Mumbai route.
Gurjar leader also appealed about 5,000 Gurjars squatting near the damaged track to allow repair of the track. Earlier they had refused to move despite repeated pleadings from senior district and police officials.
The Gurjar leader heading the Gurjar stir from the outset was brought to the state capital from Ajmer's Central Jail to persuade agitators to allow repair and restoration work.
Around 58,000 Gurjars had courted arrest throughout the state as their strategy to build pressure on the Raje government to recommend Scheduled Tribe status for the community.
But the agitation failed in achieving the desired result since a large number of Gurjars started seeking release following uncomfortable conditions in the make-shift open jails.
