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Raje Govt. can’t handle Gujjar issue: CPI(M)

JAIPUR: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has expressed concern over the internal situation in Rajasthan in the wake of the Gujjar community’s agitation for classification as a Scheduled Tribe. The BJP-led Government seemingly is not in a position to handle the situation even when the issue itself was the party’s own creation, it said.

“Communal and casteist forces have created an unprecedented situation in Rajasthan in which the people are feeling insecure,” said Hannan Mollah, MP in charge of the party’s Rajasthan affairs, after a meeting of the CPI (M) State Committee here on Friday.

“The BJP only instigated the Gujjars and now they are finding it difficult to manage the situation. Some Congress leaders from the Gujjar community joining the issue has only aggravated the situation further,” he said.

“The prevailing atmosphere in the State is such that even small personal quarrels can turn into a communal flare-up,” Mr. Mollah said referring to the recent violence in Shastri Nagar area of Jaipur.

“This is due to the spread of mutual distrust and lack of harmony. The atmosphere remains surcharged,” he noted. The State Committee also termed the Rajasthan Police Act, 2007, cleared by the State Assembly in September, an anti-people law.

Mr. Mollah said the Government had a corrupt image with eight to nine Ministers facing corruption charges.

“A good number of MLAs are also found to be taking money for getting transfers of teachers and other State Government employees,” he charged

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