Amid a stalemate over giving scheduled tribe status to the Gujjar community, the BJP today threw the ball in the Centre's court.

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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>&#34A decision resolving the conflict has to be taken by the Centre,&#34 senior BJP leader LK Advani said at an Assocham function here.
</p><p class='TableClas'>&#34The issue should not be viewed as a political game between the Centre and state governments,&#34 he said, adding the Rajasthan government would provide all necessary statistics to the Centre for the purpose. 
</p><p class='TableClas'>The law ministry had yesterday said that the initiative for giving reservation to any community had to be taken by the states. </P></p><p class='TableClas'></p></table>


ST status for Gujjars; BJP asks Centre to decide

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