Gurjjar MLA of the BJP, Prahlad Gunjal, points out, “The Gurjjar reservation was never supposed to escalate into a violent agitation. But we never knew when the Meena community was propped up against us... it just happened and the agitation spiralled out of control. Our own government is partly to be blamed for this. Regarding the Gurjjar agitation issue, instead of addressing it maturely, the government played caste politics which resulted in such large-scale losses,” he says.

There is more trouble brewing. The Gurjjar reservation agitation has encouraged the Brahmins to demand their share. Pandit Suresh Mishra, president of Brahman Mahasabha, has proposed reservations for Brahmins on “economic consideration”. And Devi Singh Bhatti, leader of the Rajput Sabha, is demanding reservation for Rajputs.