Raj lawyers threaten to gherao state assembly

Lawyers in Rajasthan have called a statewide dharna on March 1 and threatened to gherao the state assembly building on March 6 to protest the government inaction in meeting their demands, which include allotment of houses on concessional rates among others.
The Bar council of Rajasthan has even threatened to prevent the budget from being presented in the state Assembly.
"We have unanimously decided to protest the apathy of the state government towards our genuine demands," Bar Council of Rajasthan chairman Sanjay Sharma said here today.
We have called a statewide dharna on March 1 and will gherao the state assembly on March 6, he said.

The lawyers are demanding allotment of houses to them on concessional rates, Rs 2,000 stipend per month to a new lawyer till five years, e-library in all bar associations at district and tehsil level, quota for students from Rajasthan in National Law University and pension fund among others.