Remember that comment that Narayana Murthy made while back about how India is probably the only nation in the world where people fight to move lower down the caste ladder? Well here’s the second innings of the ongoing backlash of the Gujjars against the reservation quota issue.
Just for the uninformed, the Gujjars of Rajasthan 
come under the OBC (Other Backward Caste) category, something which is not adequate compensation according to them. What they really want is to be pushed further into the lower echelons of the so called caste hierarchy so that they can further reap the benefits of the reservation policies and get jobs easily.
To prove a point they, for the second time, came out in the open on the streets of Gurgaon and elsewhere to show their true colors. Meanwhile the Meenas (who are ST) would probably be gearing up and filling their arsenals in order to retort if the “suitable compensation” that the Rajasthan Govt promised the Gujjars surfaces. Co-incidentally, this is the exact same thing that the Raje government cooled down the Gujjars’ earlier protest with.
Last reported, 3 people died(due to the Police’s gunfire) in the incident. A friend of mine called me up while the agitation was taking place, quite near her internship station. Though collected, I could sense the bewilderment in her voice as she was reporting the happenings to me real-time.
Filed under: News | Tagged: government, Gujjar, Gurgaon, India, OBC, Rajasthan, reservation, SC
