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Gujjar issue

What is the rationale behind the provision of reservation envisaged in the Constitution? It is to uplift the backward classes and finally place on equal footing various sections of society. Sadly, the Vasundahra Raje goverenment has failed to dissipate the indignation of the Gujjars. Nobody has the time to look into the real issues behind the Gujjar outburst. The matter is not about reservation for, if you grant reservation to one group, another is going to demand the same after a while. It is a pointer to the fact that even after 60 years of Independence, the goverenment has failed to provide equal opportunities to its citizens.

Neetu Baroota,

Delhi

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The signs are truly ominous in Rajasthan as the State government is busy initiating legal proceedings against the Gujjar leader, Kirori Singh Bainsla. One would like to see the Central government act before the fire turns into a conflagration.

Shahabuddin Nadeem,

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Bangalore Statesmanship consists in not determining who is right and who is not but putting an end to needless violence and killings. Ms Raje should engage in skirmishing at the level of agitators. The justification for the police firing to quell the Gujjars has to be decided by an independent judicial enquiry. All the same, the police seem to be increasingly trigger-happy.

S. Kamat,

Bardez

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