Jammu, May 29 (NAK): Police foiled an attempt of Gujjars to block the railway track between Jammu and Delhi near Trikuta Nagar Extension area in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir state on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Gujjar leaders have decided to launch “fast unto death” outside Raj Bhawan from tomorrow.
Joining in the protest launched by Gujjar community in Rajasthan, hundreds of Gujjars from different parts of the state assembled at Ambedkar Chowk and marched towards the Jammu Railway Station. However, police stopped them to proceed towards Railway tracks at Railway Station.
The Gujjars under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Gujjars United Front had carried placards and raised slogans against the Rajasthan Government. They were protesting against the ‘killings of innocent members of Gujjar community’ during police firing in Rajasthan who were demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status on the pattern of Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir.
The protestors demanded immediate dismissal of Vasundhara Raje’s Government and imposition of President rule in Rajasthan.
Led by the president of the Front Choudhary Shah Mohammad, the agitated Gujjars marched towards Trikuta Nagar and tried to block railway track between Jammu and Delhi here. After a brief scuffle between the police personnel and the Gujjar leaders, they (Gujjars) were prevented from disrupting the railway traffic.
Extending full support to their brethren in Rajasthan, Choudhary Shah Mohammad informed News Agency of Kashmir that a deputation of prominent Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir is leaving for New Delhi to meet Prime Minister seeking intervention of the central leadership in granting ST status to the Gujjars of Rajasthan.
He warned that the Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir would not tolerate the massacre of their fellow Gujjars in Rajasthan and announced that Gujjars have decided to sit on “fast unto death” outside Raj Bhawan from tomorrow. (NAK)