By IANS
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expressed satisfaction as its government in Rajasthan held the fourth round of talks with Gujjars demanding Scheduled Tribe status Saturday afternoon.
Describing the meeting in Jaipur as a major progress, BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters that the party had sent its Rajasthan in-charge Gopinath Munde along with Ananth Kumar, who looks after the party affairs in Madhya Pradesh, to assist Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and the state unit in bringing the situation under control.
Rajasthan has witnesses violence since Tuesday when a road blockade programme announced by the Gujjars to press for their demand turned violent and 14 people were killed in clashes between agitators and police.
By Friday evening, the toll had reached 25 though no untoward incidents were reported Saturday till evening.
The BJP core committee Saturday noon held a meeting at the residence of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and discussed the crisis in Rajasthan.
The meting, chaired by Vajpayee, was attended by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh and party president Rajnath Singh among others.
Emerging from the meeting, Rajnath Singh told reporters: "I have spoken to Vasundhraji. She said she is making all efforts to restore peace and normalcy in the state."
Prasad, meanwhile, denied any demand by any BJP leader to replace the Rajasthan chief minister.