Kalimpong, Feb. 6.TT: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung today alleged that his political opponents were conducting underground training camps and were hobnobbing with Maoists. He also said though GNLF rebel leader Chhatrey Subba’s hats were likeable, his “brain” was not.
Gurung said the message on Maoist entry in Kalimpong would be sent to the chief minister and referred to the “task force on Gorkhaland”.
“What is the purpose of the task force? Underground training camps have been set up place in Kalimpong and I am sending this message to the chief minister. Some 15-20 Maoists have entered Kalimpong,” he said.
Five hill outfits — the ABGL, the CPRM, GNLF (C), Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh and the Gorkha Rashtriya Nirman Morcha — have come together to form a task force on Gorkhaland, which they hope to attain.
Gurung asked party supporters to be on the look out for training camps in the forests of Lava and adjoining areas. “No one should indulge in violence, bloodshed and dictatorship. We will crush them,” he told the audience attending the fourth anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Bhutpurva Sainik and Ardha-Sainik Morcha at the Town Hall here.
Gurung accused his rivals of opposing the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration for the sake of opposing it. He particularly targeted the 71-year-old Subba, who had spent more than a decade in jail for allegedly masterminding an assassination bid on GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh.
“The opposition says GTA is not good, but can’t explain why…I didn’t want to see Chhatrey Subba, but met him on the request of my workers. I told him not to trust the CPRM,” he said.
The meeting between Gurung and Subba had set tongues wagging in the hills. Subba had said after his release from jail last year that he was against any sort of autonomy, even the GTA, because he was a supporter of Gorkhaland. It was for this reason that Subba fell out with Ghisingh when the GNLF chief accepted the DGHC. Subba is said to have a decent following in the hills and is seen as someone who could trouble the Morcha if he wants to.
Gurung said Subba had credited the CPRM with facilitating his release from the prison. “But we had taken up the matter of his release with the government. Mamata Banerjee and the (state) chief secretary are our proofs. He was released on our request,” he said.
Admitting that Subba had sought his help to renew the Gorkhaland agitation, Gurung warned the people against trusting leaders like him. “You can like his hat. He wears a nice one. But don’t like his brain. He has nothing in his head,” he said. “He is welcome to join me. I will carry him along but it will be a democratic agitation.”
Subba refused comment. But CPRM secretary J.B. Rai said: “This is an attempt to brand pro-Gorkhaland forces as anti-nationals and criminals. But we are confident the people will not believe their lies.”
The Morcha president said the Gorkhaland agitation would be renewed if the GTA was not implemented by March 27.
Gurung said the message on Maoist entry in Kalimpong would be sent to the chief minister and referred to the “task force on Gorkhaland”.
“What is the purpose of the task force? Underground training camps have been set up place in Kalimpong and I am sending this message to the chief minister. Some 15-20 Maoists have entered Kalimpong,” he said.
Five hill outfits — the ABGL, the CPRM, GNLF (C), Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh and the Gorkha Rashtriya Nirman Morcha — have come together to form a task force on Gorkhaland, which they hope to attain.
Gurung asked party supporters to be on the look out for training camps in the forests of Lava and adjoining areas. “No one should indulge in violence, bloodshed and dictatorship. We will crush them,” he told the audience attending the fourth anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Bhutpurva Sainik and Ardha-Sainik Morcha at the Town Hall here.
Gurung accused his rivals of opposing the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration for the sake of opposing it. He particularly targeted the 71-year-old Subba, who had spent more than a decade in jail for allegedly masterminding an assassination bid on GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh.
“The opposition says GTA is not good, but can’t explain why…I didn’t want to see Chhatrey Subba, but met him on the request of my workers. I told him not to trust the CPRM,” he said.
The meeting between Gurung and Subba had set tongues wagging in the hills. Subba had said after his release from jail last year that he was against any sort of autonomy, even the GTA, because he was a supporter of Gorkhaland. It was for this reason that Subba fell out with Ghisingh when the GNLF chief accepted the DGHC. Subba is said to have a decent following in the hills and is seen as someone who could trouble the Morcha if he wants to.
Gurung said Subba had credited the CPRM with facilitating his release from the prison. “But we had taken up the matter of his release with the government. Mamata Banerjee and the (state) chief secretary are our proofs. He was released on our request,” he said.
Admitting that Subba had sought his help to renew the Gorkhaland agitation, Gurung warned the people against trusting leaders like him. “You can like his hat. He wears a nice one. But don’t like his brain. He has nothing in his head,” he said. “He is welcome to join me. I will carry him along but it will be a democratic agitation.”
Subba refused comment. But CPRM secretary J.B. Rai said: “This is an attempt to brand pro-Gorkhaland forces as anti-nationals and criminals. But we are confident the people will not believe their lies.”
The Morcha president said the Gorkhaland agitation would be renewed if the GTA was not implemented by March 27.
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