"they are now demanding jobs as home guard in the police department"
Statesman News Service
MALDA, 21 APRIL: Contrary to what has been going on in Jalpaiguri for the last two days on the issue of rehabilitation of the surrendered KLO ( Kamtapur Liberation Organisation ) militant, three surrendered KLO activists today met the Malda District Magistrate, Mr Sridhar Ghosh, and sought rehabilitation.
Demanding jobs instead of monetary doles, a batch of 50 surrendered KLO activists boycotted a rehabilitation programme in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday and left the training camp yesterday.
In Malda, three former KLO members Mr Bhim Mandal, Mr Paritosh Mandal and Mr Harimohan Mandal met the DM today and expressed their unhappiness over the role of the local banks in sanctioning them loan for starting a business.
“Although chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had ensured that the state government would rehabilitate the surrendered KLO activists, the local banks are not sanctioning loans to us to start a business”, they said.
“The surrendered KLO activists told me that they wanted to start some business with the loan obtained from banks. They, claimed they had tried to purchase tractors but could not due to financial disability”, the DM said.
According to him, they are now demanding jobs as home guard in the police department. “I would discuss the matter with the Malda SP”, he added.
It is learnt that officials at the block level in Bamongola had tried to arrange bank loans for the surrendered KLO activists but had failed, as some of the bank authorities were circumspect in sanctioning loans to the ex-KLO militants considering their background.
The three KLO activists were asked to submit applications to the district administration about their business plans, which they did today.
The district administration has decided to send a proposal to the member secretary of the Uttar Banga Unnayan Parishad to sanction funds from the chief minister’s fund so that they can set up a business of their own.
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