Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership has started making arrangements to hold the first all-India conference in Darjeeling on December 16. GJM leaders said that the conference was aimed at discussing and finding solutions to problems being faced by the Gorkha community residing across the country.
However, political analysts felt the bigger objective of the conference was to pacify the factions of Gorkhas who have supported the separate-statehood demand.
"There are several problems that the Gorkhas living elsewhere face. Being an umbrella organization of the entire Gorkha community, we have the responsibility to hear and find solutions," GJM secretary Roshan Giri said on Thursday after the party's central committee meeting in Darjeeling.
The GJM has been arguing that they accepted the GTA as a stepping stone to the formation of a separate state and to usher in development in the region. However, differences in opinion (especially from outside of the region) remain continue to plague the outfit.
Besides, the GJM also intends to utilize the all-India conference slated for December 16 as a platform to strengthen its party base, inside and outside the Hills. "We will have representatives from more than 20 states. All our frontal organizations and units across the Hills have also been asked to attend. It will be a wonderful opportunity to interact with various leaders," Giri said.
In fact, in order to keep its flock active in the region which had begun to be swayed by the development activities being undertaken, the GJM party taking cognizance has started organizing political programs like public and indoor meetings in the Hills.
All the four GJM MLA's and chairmen of the Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong municipalities along with ward commissioners and the forty-five GTA members have also been directed to attend the conference.
In today's meeting a resolution was also taken to organize a Krishi Mela which would be a calendar event on the lines of the Tea and Tourism Festival. While, the TTF is held from December 20 to January 5, the Krishi Mela will be held from January 5 to 18. The Mela will be held at Rohini in Kurseong, Relli in Kalimpong, Jamuney in Darjeeling and Dalgoan in the Dooars region.
However, political analysts felt the bigger objective of the conference was to pacify the factions of Gorkhas who have supported the separate-statehood demand.
"There are several problems that the Gorkhas living elsewhere face. Being an umbrella organization of the entire Gorkha community, we have the responsibility to hear and find solutions," GJM secretary Roshan Giri said on Thursday after the party's central committee meeting in Darjeeling.
The GJM has been arguing that they accepted the GTA as a stepping stone to the formation of a separate state and to usher in development in the region. However, differences in opinion (especially from outside of the region) remain continue to plague the outfit.
Besides, the GJM also intends to utilize the all-India conference slated for December 16 as a platform to strengthen its party base, inside and outside the Hills. "We will have representatives from more than 20 states. All our frontal organizations and units across the Hills have also been asked to attend. It will be a wonderful opportunity to interact with various leaders," Giri said.
In fact, in order to keep its flock active in the region which had begun to be swayed by the development activities being undertaken, the GJM party taking cognizance has started organizing political programs like public and indoor meetings in the Hills.
All the four GJM MLA's and chairmen of the Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong municipalities along with ward commissioners and the forty-five GTA members have also been directed to attend the conference.
In today's meeting a resolution was also taken to organize a Krishi Mela which would be a calendar event on the lines of the Tea and Tourism Festival. While, the TTF is held from December 20 to January 5, the Krishi Mela will be held from January 5 to 18. The Mela will be held at Rohini in Kurseong, Relli in Kalimpong, Jamuney in Darjeeling and Dalgoan in the Dooars region.
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