This story is from May 30, 2007

Raj minister and 5 MLAs offer to resign

Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Minister K L Gurjar and five Gujjar MLAs of the ruling BJP today offered to resign in wake of the agitation and violence on the issue of grant of Scheduled Tribe status to the community.
Raj minister and 5 MLAs offer to resign
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Minister K L Gurjar and five Gujjar MLAs of the ruling BJP on Wednesday offered to resign in wake of the agitation and violence on the issue of grant of Scheduled Tribe status to the community.
The MLAs were Hargyan Singh, Dataram, Prahalad Gunjal and Atar Singh Bhadana.
The minister said that he, along with four MLAs, were at the party office here to hand over their resignations to state BJP president Mahesh Sharma.
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Another BJP MLA Nathu Singh Gurjar, who has also expressed his desire to step down, was on his way to Dausa, badly hit by the ongoing stir.
When contacted, Sharma did not have immediate comments and said he was looking into the matter. "I will go and see what is wrong with them," he said.
Earlier in the day, the MLAs held a closed-door meeting in the state capital to discuss the issue in the aftermath of quota agitation and violence which has claimed 14 lives so far.
"We have talked to Home Minister G C Kataria and Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on this crisis and expressed our views,' Nathu Singh Gurjar said.
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