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SILIGURI/DARJEELING, 8 JUNE: A day after the state government signed an agreement with the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) for a new set up on an official level, the Opposition political parties here have accused the GJMM of backstabbing the Hill people and the mandate for which it secured a landslide victory in the last polls.
However, flushing with confidence, the GJMM general secretary, Mr Roshan Giri, today made it clear that the inclusion of the Nepali-majority areas in the Terai-Dooars in the contemplated autonomous council for the Darjeeling Hills is only a matter of time.
“We insisted on this issue during the dialogue in Kolkata yesterday. The positive stance adopted by the Mamata Banerjee government would go a long way in resolving the political crisis plaguing the Darjeeling Hills,” he said at the NJP station today.
The GJMM leader, however, said they had not diluted the Gorkhaland demand. “We have approved the draft agreement after ensuring that the Gorkhaland demand is on record. Neither have we dropped it nor have we kept in the backburner. Its time would come in due course,” he affirmed.
Reacting to the chief minister's decision to constitute a land verification committee, former state urban development minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya today said the state government might stumble on ethnic hurdles resulting in a new phase of ethno-political uncertainty in the Dooars-Terai region.
Though expressing hope that the long dragging Hill logjam would be resolved to the satisfaction of all the parties involved, Mr Bhattacharya said that the GJMM's attempt of territorial expansion of the autonomous council is unwarranted.
The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) and other anti-Gorkhaland outfits, based in Siliguri and the Dooars, have flayed the state government for the decision to constitute a high powered committee to look into the GJMM's territory demands. “We have already sent a message to the chief minister detailing our reservations over the matter,” said the ABAVP state president, Mr Birsa Tirkey, adding that his outfit would not part with an inch of land spread over the Terai-Dooars for any council for the Darjeeling Hills.
Amraa Bangali, a radical organisation, threatened to launch shutdown agitation in the Terai-Dooars in case the state government went ahead with the decision.
Meanwhile, CPRM president Mr RB Rai said: “The GJMM has betrayed the people of the Hills by accepting agreement with the state government and keeping the Gorkhaland talks out of the purview of the meeting.” Mr KB Wattar, CPI-M leader said the agreement between the state and GJMM is nothing new. However, AIGL president Mrs Bharati Tamang said the people had voted for GJMM for Gorkhaland and now it is up to the party to fulfil the people's aspiration.
SILIGURI/DARJEELING, 8 JUNE: A day after the state government signed an agreement with the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) for a new set up on an official level, the Opposition political parties here have accused the GJMM of backstabbing the Hill people and the mandate for which it secured a landslide victory in the last polls.
However, flushing with confidence, the GJMM general secretary, Mr Roshan Giri, today made it clear that the inclusion of the Nepali-majority areas in the Terai-Dooars in the contemplated autonomous council for the Darjeeling Hills is only a matter of time.
“We insisted on this issue during the dialogue in Kolkata yesterday. The positive stance adopted by the Mamata Banerjee government would go a long way in resolving the political crisis plaguing the Darjeeling Hills,” he said at the NJP station today.
The GJMM leader, however, said they had not diluted the Gorkhaland demand. “We have approved the draft agreement after ensuring that the Gorkhaland demand is on record. Neither have we dropped it nor have we kept in the backburner. Its time would come in due course,” he affirmed.
Reacting to the chief minister's decision to constitute a land verification committee, former state urban development minister Mr Asok Bhattacharya today said the state government might stumble on ethnic hurdles resulting in a new phase of ethno-political uncertainty in the Dooars-Terai region.
Though expressing hope that the long dragging Hill logjam would be resolved to the satisfaction of all the parties involved, Mr Bhattacharya said that the GJMM's attempt of territorial expansion of the autonomous council is unwarranted.
The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) and other anti-Gorkhaland outfits, based in Siliguri and the Dooars, have flayed the state government for the decision to constitute a high powered committee to look into the GJMM's territory demands. “We have already sent a message to the chief minister detailing our reservations over the matter,” said the ABAVP state president, Mr Birsa Tirkey, adding that his outfit would not part with an inch of land spread over the Terai-Dooars for any council for the Darjeeling Hills.
Amraa Bangali, a radical organisation, threatened to launch shutdown agitation in the Terai-Dooars in case the state government went ahead with the decision.
Meanwhile, CPRM president Mr RB Rai said: “The GJMM has betrayed the people of the Hills by accepting agreement with the state government and keeping the Gorkhaland talks out of the purview of the meeting.” Mr KB Wattar, CPI-M leader said the agreement between the state and GJMM is nothing new. However, AIGL president Mrs Bharati Tamang said the people had voted for GJMM for Gorkhaland and now it is up to the party to fulfil the people's aspiration.
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