Apprehending trouble in the Dooars region, the district administration denied permission for a public meeting by the GJM-backed John Barla group scheduled for April 22 in Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri. GJM president Bimal Gurung was supposed to address the meeting.
Roshan Giri, general secretary of GJM, told The Sunday Express, “We had received a no-objection-certificate from the police. But suddenly the district administration, after being pressurised by the Adivasi Vikash Parishad, imposed Section 144 in the area and denied permission to the meeting. But we are holding the meeting here in Dooars. Tomorrow also, we will hold a meeting here as the people of the Dooars region want to be included in the GTA (Gorkha Territorial Administration). Our president will be present in the meeting.”
Meanwhile, the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad and a host of other outfits have called a 12-hour strike in Dooars on Sunday to prevent the meeting which was scheduled to be held in Nagrakata by the GJM-backed groups seeking the inclusion of the plains in the administrative set-up for the Darjeeling hills.
Significantly, the joint action committee, including the Adivasi Viaksh Parishad and 19 other organisations, wrote to Jalpaiguri district magistrate Smaraki Mahapatra, requesting her not to grant permission to its rivals to hold the public meeting.
Birsha Tirkey, president, AVP, said, “The tribal population is with us. Our tribal brothers will resist any effort made to take away the land of Dooars and Terai and including it in the GTA. We will not allow them to hold any meeting here.”
However, the GJM-backed groups of Dooars were adamant on holding the meeting in the region on Sunday.
John Barla, leader of the GJM-backed organisation in Dooars and Terai, said, “We will hold the meeting here under any circumstance. We want the region to be included in the GTA.”
Barla, who is also the convener of the Joint Action Co-ordination Committee, said the plains would witness a tribal movement if permission was not granted for
the meeting.
Roshan Giri, general secretary of GJM, told The Sunday Express, “We had received a no-objection-certificate from the police. But suddenly the district administration, after being pressurised by the Adivasi Vikash Parishad, imposed Section 144 in the area and denied permission to the meeting. But we are holding the meeting here in Dooars. Tomorrow also, we will hold a meeting here as the people of the Dooars region want to be included in the GTA (Gorkha Territorial Administration). Our president will be present in the meeting.”
Meanwhile, the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad and a host of other outfits have called a 12-hour strike in Dooars on Sunday to prevent the meeting which was scheduled to be held in Nagrakata by the GJM-backed groups seeking the inclusion of the plains in the administrative set-up for the Darjeeling hills.
Significantly, the joint action committee, including the Adivasi Viaksh Parishad and 19 other organisations, wrote to Jalpaiguri district magistrate Smaraki Mahapatra, requesting her not to grant permission to its rivals to hold the public meeting.
Birsha Tirkey, president, AVP, said, “The tribal population is with us. Our tribal brothers will resist any effort made to take away the land of Dooars and Terai and including it in the GTA. We will not allow them to hold any meeting here.”
However, the GJM-backed groups of Dooars were adamant on holding the meeting in the region on Sunday.
John Barla, leader of the GJM-backed organisation in Dooars and Terai, said, “We will hold the meeting here under any circumstance. We want the region to be included in the GTA.”
Barla, who is also the convener of the Joint Action Co-ordination Committee, said the plains would witness a tribal movement if permission was not granted for
the meeting.
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