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Gujjar agitation

The Gujjar agitation has the potential to spread to neighbouring States. No matter how genuine their demands are their violent assertion should be condemned, not heeded to by political parties.

Raunaq Rathore,

Noida (U.P.)

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The Gujjar agitation proves the emptiness of the government’s reservation policy based on the caste of citizens to bestow benefits on them. It will be in the long term interest of society if the government revises its policies in favour of the economically backward.

Ramamoorthy,

Madurai

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It seems the Gujjars feel that peaceful agitations have no meaning. This is a dangerous trend. If their protests succeed, then it will be an incentive to other less-represented OBCs to agitate for inclusion in SCs/STs list. The government must deal firmly with the situation without giving in to violence.

N. Mohan,

Chennai

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The Gujjars should understand that a mere inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes list cannot help in their all-round development. The government should focus on the reasons of their backwardness — both educational and social.

Md. Tauseef Hussain,

Aligarh (U.P.)

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No democratic government ever resorts to police firing on members of a particular community, cutting food supplies to their villages and deploying the Army and paramilitary forces when they are on the warpath. The Rajasthan government has committed a glaringly grave error.

The Centre should find a way out of the impasse to avoid further bloodshed.

G. David Milton,

Kanyakumari

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