Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday appealed for peace even as talks between Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Gurjjar leaders remained inconclusive
Govt representatives have proceeded to Peeplikheda to persuade Col Kirori Singh Bainsla, who is leading the agitation, to join talks in Jaipur on Sunday. Efforts on to get the mob in Peeplikheda to release for cremation the bodies of those killed in police firing
Govt has announced Rs 5 lakh ex gratia for next of kin of those killed in police firing
Meena leaders, including Rajasthan Civil Supplies Minister Kirori Lal Meena, oppose Gurjjars getting ST status
PM meets Leader of Opposition L K Advani and other BJP leaders on the issue. Advani says only a “broad consensus” for quotas can offer long-term solution
Army conducts aerial survey of violence-hit areas, clears many roads and highways. Bus services restored in state
Sporadic clashes and protests in Rajasthan, western UP, Delhi, Gurgaon, MP
Rajasthan Govt imposes National Security Act in 11 violence-hit districts — Dausa, Karauli, Tonk, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Sawai Madhopur, Bharatpur, Bundi, Baran, Kota, Ajmer
Security for Sachin Pilot, a Gurjjar and the Congress MP from worst-affected Dausa district, raised from ‘X’ category to the highest ‘Z’ category