Gujjar's vows not to vote for BJP

New Delhi, June 5 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to lose Gujjar community's vote in the general elections as well as in the state elections.
In a meeting convened on Thursday in the national capital by the members of Gujjar community vows not to vote for BJP.
Ram Singh Viduri, leader of Gujjar community informed that a proposal seeking compensation for the people who were killed would be put forward in the course of the day.
"Nation would be shut down. Lakhs of members of Gujjar community will head towards Rajasthan. The families of the people who were killed in the protest will be compensated with five lakh rupees. While the 20,000 rupees aid will be allotted to those who were injured. And the political groups who have supported the Gujjar community will be invited to New Delhi. And in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and Vidhan Sabha elections, the Gujjar community will not vote for BJP. And these are our certain demands that would be put forward today," said Ramvir Singh Viduri, Leader, Gujjar community, New Delhi.
Gujjars have been pressing for the schedule tribe status in the BJP ruled Rajasthan.
A big group of Gujjars who attended the meet raised slogans against Vasundhara Raje, chief minister of Rajasthan and displayed banners demanding president's rule in the state.
The members of Gujjar community has been demanding to shift from the category of Other Backward classes (OBC) to Schedule Tribe status to gain easy access to government jobs and avail education facilities in Rajasthan.
The on-going agitation by Gujjars has paralyzed rail and road communication in Rajasthan.
A year ago, Gujjars in Rajasthan fought police and members of another caste that already qualifies for job quotas. At least 26 people were killed in that violence.
After these protests, a state government committee said it would spend 2.8 billion rupees improving schools, clinics, roads and other infrastructure in Gujjar areas. But Gujjars rejected this option.