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Thousands of members of one of India’s lowest castes besieged the capital yesterday, blocking roads and railways to press their unorthodox demand — to be downgraded to an even lower social status.
The Gujjars, who are traditionally herders of cattle, goats and sheep, threatened to shut down Delhi as they broadened a protest movement that has left 39 people dead across northern India since it began last Friday.
Wielding sticks and shouting slogans, they burnt tyres and squatted in the main roads leading to the capital, blocking access to the satellite towns of Noida and Gurgaon, which are home to
