Bainsla, 70, said on phone from Karwadi, the epicentre of the agitation in Bharatpur district, that "the government has gone back on its word with regards to release of the arrested protesters".
A senior Rajasthan government official, who was in touch with the Gujjar leadership, said Bainsla "is adamant and is not ready for talks till his demands are met".
Besides release of the women, who were held for damaging a rail track in Dausa district, Bainsla also demanded release of the men taken into custody during the agitation and restoration of electricity, water and telephone network in the agitation-affected areas.
Officials in Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's office had said last night that Bainsla was ready to hold the talks in Jaipur after the two sides held preliminary parleys in Bayana on Monday. This followed mediation by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Meanwhile, the bail applications of the 24 arrested Gujjar women were today rejected by a court in Bandikui in Dausa district. One woman protester did not move for bail. On the course of the agitation, Bainsla, who is the chairman of the Gurjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, said the blockade of the rails tracks would not be lifted till the Gujjars were granted ST status.
A Rajasthan government spokesman said in Jaipur there was "no breakthrough." The government's interlocutor, SN Thanvi, who is camping in Bharatpur district, said earlier in the day that he had not succeeded in getting in touch with Bainsla to discuss resumption of the dialogue.
In Karwadi, Gujjar protesters pitched new tents as senior community leader and vice-chairman of the samiti, Capt (retd) Hari Prasad, vowed to continue the stir till the community was given ST status. About 25 tents were raised by the protesters and another tent pitched on the railway track passing through the Karwadi-Pilupura area, reports reaching Bayana, about 12 km from Karwadi, said.
Many tents had been dismantled in the last few days. The agitation entered its 20 day today.
