“This is apart from a huge public meeting in Delhi in which 20 lakh Gurjjars will participate. We will even launch jail-bharo andolans,” stated a Gurjjar leader, Sukhbirsingh Jaunpuria. “We don’t want false promises. We want the state government to finish all the formalities by (the end of the three months) and send the Centre a letter of recommendation for Gurjjars to be included in the ST category,” he added.

Jainpuria also felt that the state government should resign on moral grounds for the violence and destruction that happened during the Gurjjar agitation. He demanded that a murder case be filed against policemen who fired at the Gurjjar protesters, and a probe be ordered into it. The relatives of the dead should be provided government jobs, Jainpuria said.

Another leader said that there was no dearth of money or people willing to sacrifice for the agitation. “We will ensure that the agitation ends only when the Gurjjars here get reservation. The next agitation would be so strong that it will change the map of this state,” he warned.

In his speech, Bainsla asked the Gurjjars to let him work for the next three months, adding that at the end of it, they were free to do as they wished. He also said the best tribute to the people who died in the police firing would be to get the reservation and ensure that their sons or daughters became IAS or IPS officers.

Bainsla swore that he would never be a part of any party nor stand in any election. “Nor am I interested in any money. I am not going to touch any of the financial help that has arrived from other states and I insist it be handed over to the victims’ families directly,” said the Gurjjar leader.

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