GJMM, GNLF men clash; five injured
5 April 2012
KURSEONG, 5 APRIL: Five GNLF activists were injured as they clashed with
GJMM workers at Gaaridhura in Kurseong today. However, the GNLF
activists observed the party’s foundation day in the vicinity of the
Panighatta police outpost.
GNLF supporters from different areas adjoining Gaaridhura started assembling at Gaaridhura Bazaar in the morning to observe the party’s foundation day programme. They alleged that hundreds of GJMM supporters had swooped down on them.
“They pounced upon us, chased us and pelted us with stones. We had to leave Gaaridhura and observed the programme at Panighatta. Several of our supporters were injured. The number of the injured would have gone up substantially had we not retreated to Panighatta in time,” said the GNLF’s Kurseong unit leader, Mr Nima Lama. The GNLF activists blocked roads at Panighatta for around an hour and also staged a demonstration in front of the Panighatta police outpost. Slogans against Mr Bimal Gurung and the GJMM were raised. They also shouted slogans against the police for the latter’s failure to provide them with adequate protection against the alleged GJMM hooliganism. He also said three GNLF supporters were injured in Mirik when they were returning after having participated in the foundation day rally at Mahendra Busty.
GJMM’s Kurseong youth leader Subash Pradhan, however, said his party activists had done nothing to spoil the GNLF programme. sns
GNLF supporters from different areas adjoining Gaaridhura started assembling at Gaaridhura Bazaar in the morning to observe the party’s foundation day programme. They alleged that hundreds of GJMM supporters had swooped down on them.
“They pounced upon us, chased us and pelted us with stones. We had to leave Gaaridhura and observed the programme at Panighatta. Several of our supporters were injured. The number of the injured would have gone up substantially had we not retreated to Panighatta in time,” said the GNLF’s Kurseong unit leader, Mr Nima Lama. The GNLF activists blocked roads at Panighatta for around an hour and also staged a demonstration in front of the Panighatta police outpost. Slogans against Mr Bimal Gurung and the GJMM were raised. They also shouted slogans against the police for the latter’s failure to provide them with adequate protection against the alleged GJMM hooliganism. He also said three GNLF supporters were injured in Mirik when they were returning after having participated in the foundation day rally at Mahendra Busty.
GJMM’s Kurseong youth leader Subash Pradhan, however, said his party activists had done nothing to spoil the GNLF programme. sns
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