Jaipur:
The third round of talks between Gujjars and the Rajasthan government over the issue of reservation in government jobs failed this evening with the community's leader Kirori Singh Bainsla saying that the stir will continue till its demands were met.
The third round of talks, a one one-to-one meeting between Bainsla and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, which lasted for over one and a half hours at the latter's residence ended with no 'fruitful results', Bainsla said after the negotiations and announced that the agitation will go on.
Gujjars in Rajsathan have been demanding five per cent reservation for the community in government jobs.
Bainsala said he was not satisfied with the meeting and soon left the CM's residence along with his supporters.
However, the state government is hoping for yet another round of meeting with Bainsla to resolve the issue.
Another meeting with the Gujjar leaders would take place soon to resolve the issue but the venue and time have not been fixed as yet, a government spokesperson said.
Their demand of reservation is being examined by legal experts and any decision will be taken later accordingly, he said.
Bainsla and gehlot first held a one-to-one talk and were later joined by State Energy Minister Jeetendra Singh and a legal expert advocate Surat Singh.
Earlier, a 14-member delegation led by Bainsla had in the evening held second round of talks with state ministers Jeetendra Singh, Shanti Dhariwal and Brij Kishore Sharma which ended on a positive note like the first round held last night.
Gehlot categorically told the Gujjar leader it would not be possible for the government to accord more than four per cent reservation as the Rajasthan High Court had put a stay on quota beyond that limit and the matter was sub-judice, the government spokesman said.
However, the government was willing to plead in the high court to vacate the stay and if required plead in the Supreme Court to quash it but till then its hands were tied, the spokesman quoted the chief minister as telling Bainsla.
Gehlot said it would be absolutely unjustified if a ban was imposed on job recruitment opened by the government for the OBC as it would directly affect the youths of other castes like Lohar, Rabari, Gadasia and Banjaras.
However, the recruitment was temporary to ease unemployment but a permanent decision would be taken after the high court's decision on the matter Gehlot told Bainsla, the spokesman said.