The agitators set afire three vehicles, including two jeeps and a bus, police said. (Photo: PTI)

The Gujjar agitation demanding five per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions turned violent in Rajasthan's Dholpur district as protesters pelted stones on police and torched their vehicles on Sunday.

Some unidentified protesters pelted stones on the police and also fired eight-nine shots in air during the Agra-Morena Highway blockade, Dholpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Ajay Singh said. Four policemen have injured in the stone-pelting.

The agitators also set afire three vehicles, including two jeeps and a bus. The SP said that the police lobbed tear gas shells in order to disperse the protesting crowd. The current situation in Dholpur is tense.

Earlier in the day, seven trains were cancelled and nine diverted after the Gujjar community continued their sit-in protest on rail tracks in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district for the third day in a row. The agitation spread as Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla refused to call off the stir.

The agitation has affected the train movement in NWR and West Central Railway (WCR) zones of the Indian Railways causing inconvenience to common people. In the WCR region, nearly 200 trains were cancelled, partially cancelled or diverted on Friday and Saturday.

The blockade by Gujjar Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti chief Kirori Singh Bainsla and his supporters began Friday (February 8) evening.

On Saturday (February 9), a government delegation had met Bainsla to hold talks but both the sides could not reach an agreement, resulting in the agitation for the third consecutive day.

After the meeting, Bainsla has said that the community will continue their protest demanding five per cent reservation in jobs and education to the Gujjars, Raika-Rebari, Gadia Luhar, Banjara and the Gadaria communities as was promised by the state government.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accused the Congress-led Ashok Gehlot government of ignoring crucial warnings given by the Gujjar leaders.

"In their election manifesto, Congress had promised reservation for Gujjars. The Congress government has neither given a complete loan waiver to farmers as promised nor has it provided unemployment allowance. They have also failed to deliver on their promise of Gujjar reservation," former Rajasthan Minister Arun Chaturvedi said.

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