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Meet demand or face dire consequences: Bainsla

Kirori Singh Bainsla

New Delhi: Gujjar leader Col. (retd.) Kirori Singh Bainsla has threatened the BJP government in Rajasthan with "dire consequences" if it is unable to include his community in the Scheduled Caste list.

Col. (retd.) Bainsla, who led the State-wide agitation said, however, he had "trust" in Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje despite the police registering cases against agitators which he termed was a "face-saving" measure for the Government.

He said the Meena community's opposition to Gujjars getting the Scheduled Tribe status was "undemocratic and unconstitutional" as the recommendation for including his community was made in 1965 by a committee.

Undemocratic

"I personally feel that the Meenas' opposition is undemocratic and unconstitutional. If the Rajasthan Government tilts towards the Meenas, consequences are going to be dire," Col. (retd.) Bainsla told Karan Thapar in CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate programme.

Asked whether it was a warning, he said, "Of course... [then] we will go ahead with our movement vigorously."

"I have trust in Ms. Raje and I will see to it that she does justice. I will tell her to do justice to us or you will have to face a movement which will shake your administration," he said.

Col. (retd.) Bainsla said it was a "slip of the tongue" when he had said before the meeting with Ms. Raje in Jaipur that he had called off the strike.

- PTI

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