Singh said.

He insisted that there were other customs similar to the tribals, including getting a widow married to her brother-in-law, not allowing inter-caste marriages, sacrificing animals at temples and so on. “What we want to show to the committee is a picture of the darker side of the Gurjjar community, where poor people continue to live in own groups, trust only Gurjjar panchayats and not the state judiciary, and are too shy to involve with other communities,” stated another leader Brahsingh Gurjjar.

At the same time, the Gurjjar leaders have started holding condolence meetings for the dead and public meetings across the state in order to gather support both for their cause as well as the mahasabhas they plan to hold in August. The public meetings will continue till then.