About 1500 people of these castes sat on the NH-21 with sticks and banners in their hands, shouting pro-reservation slogans during the day.
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Four days old Quota Agitation by 3 castes’ thousand of protesters by putting barricades on the National Highway Number -21 connecting Agra-Bikaner at Aroda village in Bharatpur district is likely to end tomorrow at bilateral talks with their delegation and a state government envoy and Tourism Minister Vishwendra Singh ended amicably.
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Demanding a 12 percent quota in jobs, thousands of people of three castes; Mali, Kushwaha-Shakya, and Maurya have begun an indefinite agitation putting a jam on the NH on Sunday last.
Day-long bilateral talks were held between the protesters’ delegation and the envoy with the senior district officials; Collector, IGP-Bharatpur range, and the Superintendent of Police at Bharatpur, a district official told SNS when contacted.
The decision of today’s fruitful talk would be announced at the site of the protest by the Tourism Minister in presence of district civil and police officials tomorrow morning.
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No untoward incident occurred there in the last four days, and a few miscreants were though detained as a precautionary measure.
About 1500 people of these castes sat on the NH-21 with sticks and banners in their hands, shouting pro-reservation slogans during the day.
The highway route was diverted through side lanes, and over 500 police forces including jawans of RAC, STF, and Bharatpur ange police lines have been monitoring their activities to maintain law and order to pre-empt any clash or unruly scene.
The internet connectivity has been discontinued since Monday morning for an indefinite period of time in Nadbai, Vair Bhusawar, and Uchhain tehsils.
The quota agitation led by its prominent leaders Murarilla Saini and Laxman Singh Kushwaha under the banner of Phule Arakshan Sangarh Samiti are demanding reservation under the Constitution. The provision has been given in Article 16(4) of the Constitution. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also belongs to the Mali community but that figures in the OBC category.
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