JAIPUR: The 26-day-old agitation by Gujjars demanding Scheduled Tribe status is set to be called off on Wednesday as the community on Tuesday night reached an agreement with Rajasthan government in the final rounds of talks here.

The agreement will be signed by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, spearheading the stir, here on Wednesday.

The brealthrough in the stalemate between the two sides was reached during a nine-hour final round of talks between the Gujjar delegation led by Bainsla and the Rajasthan government team led by senior BJP leader Ram Das Agarwal.

Emerging from the talks, Bainsala, who led an 11-member community delegation, told reporters "this is a historic success."

Asked whether the agitation would end on Tuesday, Bainsala and his colleague Hariprarsad Gujjar said "it will be announced after the agreement is announced".

Addressing the joint press conference, Agarwal said "it was a matter of great pride and happiness that the final round of talks was fruitful. The agreement arrived between the Gujjars and the government on ST status would be announced by Raje at 11.30am (local time)on Wednesday".

"The agreement is not meant for any caste or community. This is for the five crore people of the state", he added.

Although there was no official word from either side as how the breakthrough was reached, sources said that under the compromise worked out the state government would recommend four per cent reservation for Gujjars under the denotified nomadic tribe category.

Source : PTI