Gurung to press PC for early formation of GTA
24 February 2012
statesman
news serviceSILIGURI, 24 FEB: Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) chief Bimal Gurung today left for New Delhi to meet Union home minister P Chidambaram to ask him to expedite the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) formation process.
“We regret to inform that though the Centre and the state government assured that the process would be completed within six months, things are still stuck where they were when the agreement was inked in July last year. My party would take up the issue again with the Centre during my meeting with Mr Chidambaram. The process must be completed at the earliest for the interests of peace and order in the Darjeeling Hills,” Mr Gurung said while talking to the media at the Bagdogra Airport today.
Senior party leaders, including Mr Dawa Lama, are accompanying the party president. The meeting is scheduled to take place on 28 February.
Batting again for the GTA, ignoring the criticism being raised by the anti-GJMM parties, Mr Gurung said the people of Darjeeling were looking up to the agreement being implemented in its letter and spirit. “The euphoria is still there and the momentum should not be lost,” he said.
Notably, the official constitution of the GTA body hinges still on the Presidential assent. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on 21 February and demanded sharp settlement of the deadlock for the sake of peace in the traditionally restless hilly terrain of the state. The chief minister had also assured GJMM leaders of all possible helps
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