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Gurjar body begins agitation over reservations in Rajasthan; seven trains diverted, says North-Western Railways
FirstpostThe Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti has demanded that the Gurjar reservations be included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution and the benefit of five percent reservation be given to the MBCs in the pending recruitment process in the state Jaipur: A major Gurjar organisation on Sunday started an agitation over reservations, a day after community leaders held talks with the Rajasthan government and reached a consensus on 14 points. Routes of seven passenger trains were changed in the wake of the Gurjar agitation, a North-Western Railways spokesman said. The trains diverted due to the agitation are the Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kota; Bandra Terminus-Muzaffarpur; Kota-Dehradun; Indore-Hazrat Nizamuddin; Hazrat Nizamuddin-Indore and Hazrat Nizamuddin-Udaipur; and Udaipur-Hazrat Nizamuddin. The organisation is demanding that the Rajasthan government should get the Gurjar reservations included in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, fill the backlog of vacancies and give the benefit of five percent reservation to the Most Backward Classes in the pending recruitment process.
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51 trains cancelled; commuters suffer as farmers lay siege on tracks in Punjab
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Gurjar quota protest: Rajasthan govt says open to further negotiations as stir enters second day
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Open to Further Negotiations with Gurjars on Reservation Demand: Rajasthan Govt
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Seven Trains Diverted as Gurjar Organisation Starts Agitation, Blocks Railway Track in Rajasthan's Bharatpur
News 18
Rajasthan: Gurjar agitation intensifies, trains diverted after protestors block track
India TV News)
Rajasthan Govt, Gujjars Agree Upon 14 Points of Reservation Demand
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Gujjars give ultimatum till Nov. 1 on quota issue
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