Gujjars are present in most of the 22 districts of the state, and have been agitating for reservation in the legislative bodies as per their population. They have only five legislators in the 87-member state assembly.

'Now, they have denied us our due in the tribal plan allocation,' Boken said.

'We will not tolerate this injustice,' said Hakim Din, another Gujjar leader.

According to sources, even the Gujjar ministers in the government are angry over this 'discrimination' in the tribal plan allocation in the 2009-10 budget.