GJMM threatens fresh stir

GJMM threatens fresh stir

17 January 2012

KOLKATA, 17 JAN: The Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) president, Mr Bimal Gurung, this evening threatened re-launching the Gorkhaland statehood agitation if the Centre and the state government fail to form the proposed Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) by 27 March.
“Mr Gurung made the announcement while addressing a public gathering at Jamuni in Darjeeling. He said, if the Centre and the state fail to form the GTA by the given deadline, the tripartite agreement signed with the GJMM in this regard will be deemed invalid and an all-out agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state would be re-started,” the party's central committee leader, Mr Binay Tamag, said over phone. The tripartite agreement for the formation of GTA ~ an autonomous administrative body to govern the Gorkha-dominated areas in Darjeeling district and the adjoining areas ~ was inked on 18 July 2011 in presence of the Union home minister Mr P Chidambaram and chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee. sns