GJMM decides to boycott GTA poll
19 March 2012
SILIGURI/KOLKATA, 19 MARCH: In a significant political move, the
Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha leadership has decided to boycott the GTA
election if the state government moves forward with the election
process.
A senior party leader based in the Terai region, Mr Shankar Adhikari, today said they would not allow the state government to conduct the GTA election until the land dispute is settled.
Political observers are of the view that it would be difficult for the state government to move forward with one of signatories of the tripartite GTA agreement having backed out. Asked to comment, the GJMM general secretary, Mr Roshan Giri, said: “I do not know whether it is feasible or not. But our stance is clear-no election till the land dispute is settled.”
Meanwhile, chief secretary Samar Ghosh said at Writers’ Buildings that the government is committed to holding poll in the Darjeeling Hills and that everything would be done as per the agreement.
Seemingly disappointed with the Trinamul-led state government’s rigid stance on GTA area inclusion, the GJMM MLAs are reported to have asked the party president, Mr Bimal Gurung, to allow them to resign. sns
A senior party leader based in the Terai region, Mr Shankar Adhikari, today said they would not allow the state government to conduct the GTA election until the land dispute is settled.
Political observers are of the view that it would be difficult for the state government to move forward with one of signatories of the tripartite GTA agreement having backed out. Asked to comment, the GJMM general secretary, Mr Roshan Giri, said: “I do not know whether it is feasible or not. But our stance is clear-no election till the land dispute is settled.”
Meanwhile, chief secretary Samar Ghosh said at Writers’ Buildings that the government is committed to holding poll in the Darjeeling Hills and that everything would be done as per the agreement.
Seemingly disappointed with the Trinamul-led state government’s rigid stance on GTA area inclusion, the GJMM MLAs are reported to have asked the party president, Mr Bimal Gurung, to allow them to resign. sns
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