MP govt relieved after Gurjar agitation ends

Bhopal, June 4 (UNI) With the Gurjar community's violent, pro-reservation agitation being called off in neighbouring Rajasthan today, Madhya Pradesh's BJP government heaved a sigh of relief.

Gurjars in this state's Gwalior-Chambal region and parts of Malwa region had made up their minds to join the agitation and today's Gwalior bandh was part of that sequence.

The community has a sizeable presence in Gwalior-Chambal, which was already beginning to feel the agitation's heat.

Train movement and road traffic were affected. Rajasthan-bound trucks were being gradually sent after a gap of four days while the Gwalior-Jaipur Intercity Express was cancelled for the sixth straight day and the Kota-Damoh Passenger train did not ply for the third consecutive day. The Guna-Kota rail route was a picture of confusion.

Gurjars staged protest-demonstrations at several places in the state today. The administration was concerned about a proposed Gurjar meeting today in Guna district's Meena-dominated Chachaura area. The meeting was eventually cancelled.

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