However, district officials have expressed their ignorance about the itinerary of the Union minister of state. "We have not got the programme for the minister. All we can say is that he will put up in a hotel and is also expected to visit the district hospital," said an official on condition of anonymity. Trivedi is also expected to inspect the district hospital during his visit. Eden hospital, as the district hospital is also known, went on a clean-up overdrive when information about the minister's visit arrived.
Trivedi and Gurung will participate in a panel discussion in Shruberry Park in Darjeeling. "Our president has asked all the frontal organizations to assemble tomorrow for a meeting," said a senior GJM leader. Gurung has called a meeting to apprise them about what transpired in the meeting with Mamata Banerjee. With the GJM leadership showing lenience towards an interim setup, voices of resentment have cropped up from various quarters.
The All India Gorkha League (AIGL) has already sent a letter to the Bengal CM expressing their dissatisfaction on being left out of the meeting. "Whatever arrangement that has been made between the GJM and the Bengal CM is only temporary and is not acceptable. In fact, the CM should have invited all the stakeholders for a meeting," said Laxman Pradhan, the AIGL secretary. The Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxist (CPRM), too, has opposed the settlement saying it was against the wishes of the people. "It is a betrayal of people's trust. The GJM was given such an unprecedented mandate only because of a separate state and nothing else," said Govind Chhetri, a CPRM spokesperson.
The Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (BGP) also said a temporary arrangement would neither fulfill nor provide identity to the Gorkhas living in the country.
TOI
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