ABAVP members to meet Chidambaram

ABAVP members to meet Chidambaram

5 July 2011

SILIGURI, 5 JULY: The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad leaders will meet the Union home minister, Mr P Chidambaram, tentatively in the second week of July in New Delhi, in protest against state government's decision to form a high powered committee looking for jurisdiction of the proposed Gorkha Autonomous Authority.
The ABAVP leaders have taken the decision following the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha president, Mr Bimal Gurung's recent statements in rallies held at Jiagaon and Kalchini in the Dooars on Sunday and Monday.
The ABAVP state president, Mr Birsha Tirkey, said: “We would meet the Union home minister, Mr P Chidambaram, to demand Sixth Schedule status for the Terai-Dooars region. We would also request the Union home minister to reconsider the state's decision to extend the present jurisdiction of the DGHC from (our) scheduled land in the Terai and the Dooars.” sns