pilupura rajasthan the ground zero of gujjar resistance here in bayana on the mumbaidelhi rail route is fast turning into a nomadic village with some community members playing cards and other discussing the next course of action sipping copious amounts of teathe numerous tents that have cropped up over the past 18 days at pilupura since the gujjar protests for st status began are unlikely to disappear soon especially as both the community and the vasundhara raje government seem to be at an impasse on the issuemen sitting in groups playing cards or mulling over what happens next is a common site across the settlement where makeshift stoves have been made by uprooting cement slabs on the railway tracks it was needed while there has always been enough food and drinks for the masses tea was not forthcoming therefore we shaped this stove to boil tea for ourselves says ram singh gujjar who was lighting firewood for the evening cuppathe long drawn agitation has also matured the heavy rush of food coming from all parts and at all time that gave it the look of a community picnic is now a thing of the past food does arrive in tractors but the frequency is reduced gone also are the days when one was chased by children and adults alike begging for the acceptance of a food packetbut their faith in their cause hasnt flagged nothing less than a st status will suffice us we have been here and will stick to our ground till the letter is given to us come what may we are prepared to fight for six more months there is enough ration and people to fight on and there is no giving away midway says another agitator samay gujjar