<p>Members of the Mali community demanding separate reservation refused to lift a blockade on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway in Bharatpur as the protest entered its seventh day on Thursday.</p>.<p>The protesters are also demanding Rs 1 crore compensation, a government job for the next of kin and status of martyr for Mohan Singh who allegedly hanged himself from a tree near the protest site over the quota issue.</p>.<p>The administration is holding talks with the demonstrators to lift the blockade.</p>.<p>A Mali community leader Anjali Saini said, “The protest is continuing. We have demanded Rs 1 crore compensation, government job and status of martyr for Mohan Saini. Talks are being held. Yesterday's meeting remained inconclusive."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/no-one-is-made-cm-on-basis-of-caste-ashok-gehlot-1175421.html" target="_blank">No one is made CM on basis of caste: Ashok Gehlot</a></strong></p>.<p>The protestors have also not yet allowed to get the post mortem done and refused to take the body.</p>.<p>"The protest is still continuing. Talks are being held over their issues. The family members and others refused to accept the body. They have demanded compensation and a government job," Nadbai DSP Nitiraj Singh said.</p>.<p>Members of the Mali community, which falls in the OBC category, are demanding a separate 12 per cent reservation, the formation of a separate Luv Kush Welfare Board and hostel facilities for children from the community, among others. The state government has agreed to look into the matter after a delegation met the Chief Minister at his residence earlier.</p>.<p>The protesters, who are camping in tents since Friday, have blocked an about one-kilometre stretch of NH-21 near Arauda village by placing stones on the road.</p>.<p>For those commuting between Jaipur and Agra, traffic has been diverted to avoid congestion, officials said.</p>
<p>Members of the Mali community demanding separate reservation refused to lift a blockade on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway in Bharatpur as the protest entered its seventh day on Thursday.</p>.<p>The protesters are also demanding Rs 1 crore compensation, a government job for the next of kin and status of martyr for Mohan Singh who allegedly hanged himself from a tree near the protest site over the quota issue.</p>.<p>The administration is holding talks with the demonstrators to lift the blockade.</p>.<p>A Mali community leader Anjali Saini said, “The protest is continuing. We have demanded Rs 1 crore compensation, government job and status of martyr for Mohan Saini. Talks are being held. Yesterday's meeting remained inconclusive."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/no-one-is-made-cm-on-basis-of-caste-ashok-gehlot-1175421.html" target="_blank">No one is made CM on basis of caste: Ashok Gehlot</a></strong></p>.<p>The protestors have also not yet allowed to get the post mortem done and refused to take the body.</p>.<p>"The protest is still continuing. Talks are being held over their issues. The family members and others refused to accept the body. They have demanded compensation and a government job," Nadbai DSP Nitiraj Singh said.</p>.<p>Members of the Mali community, which falls in the OBC category, are demanding a separate 12 per cent reservation, the formation of a separate Luv Kush Welfare Board and hostel facilities for children from the community, among others. The state government has agreed to look into the matter after a delegation met the Chief Minister at his residence earlier.</p>.<p>The protesters, who are camping in tents since Friday, have blocked an about one-kilometre stretch of NH-21 near Arauda village by placing stones on the road.</p>.<p>For those commuting between Jaipur and Agra, traffic has been diverted to avoid congestion, officials said.</p>