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Vaishya Community: Vaishya Community Demands Increase In Ews Quota Limit |
Jaipur: State’s Vaishya community demanded 35 tickets each from the BJP and the Congress for the upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections during a ‘Virat Mahapanchayat’ of the community held at Mansarovar ground on Sunday.
They also demanded formation of a Vaishya Kalyan Aayog in the state and increase in the quota for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category from 10% to 14% and increase in the income limit criteria to Rs 12 lakh.
Thousands of people belonging to the community from across the state attended the mahapanchayat. State minister Subhash Garg, who was present at the mahapanchayat, said, “We may belong to different parties or ideologies, but we should stay united as a community. We have learned it from the gurus and saints. I, as a minister in the state government, am with the community in their demand for Vaishya Kalyan Aayog. Not just in all the states, a commission should be formed at the national level as well.”
Former Jaipur mayor Jyoti Khandelwal, former state BJP president Ashok Parnami, MLAs Ashok Lahoty and Kalicharan Saraf were also present at the mahapanchayat.
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They also demanded formation of a Vaishya Kalyan Aayog in the state and increase in the quota for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category from 10% to 14% and increase in the income limit criteria to Rs 12 lakh.
Thousands of people belonging to the community from across the state attended the mahapanchayat. State minister Subhash Garg, who was present at the mahapanchayat, said, “We may belong to different parties or ideologies, but we should stay united as a community. We have learned it from the gurus and saints. I, as a minister in the state government, am with the community in their demand for Vaishya Kalyan Aayog. Not just in all the states, a commission should be formed at the national level as well.”
Former Jaipur mayor Jyoti Khandelwal, former state BJP president Ashok Parnami, MLAs Ashok Lahoty and Kalicharan Saraf were also present at the mahapanchayat.
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