INDIA: Rajasthan hit by violent clashes
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The northern Indian state of Rajasthan has been the subject of violent clashes between police and thousands of people demanding government aid. The protesters from the Gujjar community of shepherds want to be included among the "scheduled castes," India's socially and economically weakest communities who are granted state aid and jobs.
12 protesters died when police fired at them in the districts of Bundi and Dausa. A policeman was also bludgeoned to death in the conflict.
Presenter: Sonya Heydeman
Speakers: Tarlochan Singh, Member of the Indian Parliament
