Gujjar community News

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has warned the government against evicting members of the Gujjar-Bakarwal community from forest areas. She said that if 'they are pushed to the wall' then the ramifications would be dangerous.

Gujjar community members are still protesting after the Gujjar reservation bill passes in Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha. Watch video:

The Gujjar community in Rajasthan demanding five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions found an echo in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district. 

Congress leaders had claimed that the state government would announce a proposal on Wednesday to break the deadlock.

The ongoing reservation stir by members of Gujjar community over demand for a 5 percent reservation in Rajasthan entered the fourth day on Monday. Watch this video to know more.

The Gujjar community members continued their sit-in protest on rail tracks in Sawai Madhopur district for the third day on Sunday.

A delegation of the Gujjar community will today brief their leader Kirori Singh Bainsla about the meeting with Rajasthan ministers on their demand for five per cent reservation within the OBC quota.

With the Gujjar community set to be included under the OBC category, Rajasthan Social Justice and Empowerment, Minority Affairs Minister Arun Chaturvedi on Saturday assured that the main motive of the Rajasthan government is to protect the jobs of the five castes in the state.

Kotputli is a city and a municipality in Jaipur district in Rajasthan.