Governor S K Singh on Thursday signed the Rajasthan Reservation Bill-2008, ending the deadlock over the Gujjar quota issue, which had claimed over 70 lives in violent protests for the past two years. With this, the overall quota in government jobs in the state now stands at 69%. The Bill proposes 5% reservation for Gujjars and other three castes under the most backward category and another 14% reservation to EBCs (economically backward classes). The governor signed the Bill after the state cabinet reportedly made a suggestion that the stamp will resolve the issue for ever and also that the Bill was as per the agenda of Congress, which too had promised reservation to the economically weaker sections. The Bill had been passed by the state assembly in August last year during the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP regime and was awaiting the governor’s signature since then. “We welcome the governor’s decision,” Col Kirori Singh Bainsla, the convener of the Gujjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti, told TOI soon after the Bill was signed on Thursday. He said he was grateful to the government, chief minister Ashok Gehlot and also to former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. “Iam especially thankful to Vasundhara Raje as it was she who conceived the Bill,” he added.
Gehlot said Congress was never opposed to reservation for Gujjars and also for the economically weaker sections (EWCs). “In 2003, the government led by me had requested the NDA government at the Centre to make constitutional changes for quota on economic status basis, so we had at no point of time opposed the Bill,” the CM added. He said the governor took legal opinion on the issue and signed the Bill once he was satisfied. Leader of Opposition Vasundhara Raje termed it a victory for BJP. “The Bill had been passed unanimously. Even after that the governor was not signing it citing some reason or the other. But all is well that ends well and I welcome the fact that the governor has signed the Bill ultimately,” Raje said. She added that the governor should have done it earlier, which could have averted uproarious scenes witnessed in the state assembly recently
Gehlot said Congress was never opposed to reservation for Gujjars and also for the economically weaker sections (EWCs). “In 2003, the government led by me had requested the NDA government at the Centre to make constitutional changes for quota on economic status basis, so we had at no point of time opposed the Bill,” the CM added. He said the governor took legal opinion on the issue and signed the Bill once he was satisfied. Leader of Opposition Vasundhara Raje termed it a victory for BJP. “The Bill had been passed unanimously. Even after that the governor was not signing it citing some reason or the other. But all is well that ends well and I welcome the fact that the governor has signed the Bill ultimately,” Raje said. She added that the governor should have done it earlier, which could have averted uproarious scenes witnessed in the state assembly recently
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