Jaipur/Bayana: The first signs of a possible breakthrough in the standoff between Rajasthan government and agitating Gujjars' emerged on Monday with Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje recommending four to six per cent reservation for the community and Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla welcoming the move.

After a meeting of her Cabinet here, Raje wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recommending 4 to 6 per cent reservation for Gujjars in the category of denotified class of tribals/nomadic tribe, Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister R S Rathore said. Gujjars could also be considered as economically poorer than OBC, the letter said.

On the Gujjars' key demand for giving ST status, the state government sought to throw the ball into the Centre's court saying "this is a sensitive issue and the UPA government should decide it whether to accord and shift Gujjars from OBC category to Scheduled Tribe (ST) and a policy be drawn on this matter," Rathore said quoting the state cabinet's decision.

Bainsla, who has been camping with his supporters on the railway track near Dumariya village in Bharatpur district, appreciated the letter written by the Chief Minister to the Prime Minister and said, "we must a copy of the letter and we will call off" the agitation".

Source : IANS