The lopsided caste-based Reservations are the root cause of the ruckus where vote banks and vote power politics ruled the day.
The shocking pictures of the attacks by the jealous Gujjars & the threats by the Meenas and their show of aggression and the violence, clearly depicts their typically "tribal" characteristics.
Rajasthan Me Aarak-shan Ki Aag http://www.rajasthanpatrika.com/reservation/1.htm
Rediff, why were there no news updates from you till this evening?
Akhil Bharatiya Gujjar Vikas Sanghatan has called for Delhi Bandh tomorrow (Monday).
Gujjar leader Colonel (retd) Kirori Singh Bhainsala, who had said there would be no further talks, after the fifth round failed, has agreed to meet CM Vasundhara Raje once again for talks. Hopefully both sides will try and defuse the alarming situation; as the caste cauldron in Rajasthan remained largely incident-free today (Sunday).
There are reports that CM Raje has agreed to pay Rs 5 lakhs for each Dead Gujjar. She may give in to the Gujjars (just or unjust) demands it seems. She may even let some Meenas step down if they really want to, and let them go.
What she needs to do is present both groups with a choice between hegemony and harmony.
But she also needs to explicitly let them know that the Indian Nation, not her State nor any other State, can ever be held to ransom by lumpen elements, and their political goons to dominate and call the shots.
