Jaipur: Nearly five lakh Gujjars from across the country will participate in a mass congregation in Rajasthan’s Dholpur district on September 13 to press for their demand for ST status and also decide on the extension of the Justice Chopra Committee, a top leader of the community said on Tuesday.

“The Gujjars will reply to the State Government’s request for extension of the Chopra Committee by three months at the mahapanchayat,” Kirori Singh Bhainsala, the main signatory to the June 4 accord with the Government, told PTI.

“I alone cannot decide it. People at the mahasabha would have to be taken into confidence before making any suggestions to the Government,” he said.

However, co-convenor of National Gujjar Mahasabha Atar Singh Bhadana said the meet would not allow any extension to the Chopra committee.

The day-long rally will be addressed by top Gujjar leaders including MPs, MLAs and Ministers at Babumaharaj ground in Bari sub-division, Bhadana said.

The mahasabha has decided to get tough on the Vasundhara Raje Government’s failure to solve the Gujjar matter even after three months of the agitation and its dilly- dallying tactics in bringing out the recommendations of the Chopra panel, he said.

The Gujjar leaders had on August 26 urged the Government to write a recommendation letter to the Centre on their shifting from OBC to ST status by September 12. PTI

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