Thursday, December 30, 2010

A community called the Gujjars are blocking road and rail traffic in Rajasthan over their demand for reservation of 5% of all government jobs in the state. Under the perverted caste system adopted by the criminal politicians in India Gujjars were classed under Other Backward Classes, OBC which gave them unfair advantage in government jobs and higher education. Then Jats, who are politically powerful, were also included in the OBC category thus eating into the Gujjar share of reserved seats. They are now agitating for Scheduled Tribe status which is occupied by the Meenas who are violently opposed to any reduction of their share of undeserved facilities. Curiously, Gujjars claim to be descendants of Suryavanshis who were Kshatriyas and should therefore be classed as upper caste not be eligible for any reservation. About 3 years back around 70 people were killed in police shooting during similar agitations. Gujjars learnt their lessons well and this time round are determined to be seen to be protesting peacefully. Their leader, a retired army colonel, has formed a force of retired army officers who who keep a lookout for troublemakers. Anyone throwing stones or behaving in an unruly manner is quickly rounded up and punished. The Congress government of Rajasthan is unwilling to use force against the Gujjars since they won the last elections by criticising BJP's use of force. Meanwhile the state is losing billions of rupees in lost business. Most bizarre, the Congress which bleeds for the aam aadmi is an organisation which has elevated one family to the status of royalty and taken crawling and foot licking to a new level. Makes you cringe.

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