Siliguri, June 6: The Tamang Youth
Association today said the government had asked its members to visit
Nabanna this month to discuss the formation of a proposed development
board for the community.
This would be the
second development board in the hills for a particular section or
community — one has been formed for the Lepchas.
“The chief
minister had announced the formation of the Tamang Development and
Cultural Board on January…. However, after the Lok Sabha elections, no
process was started,” Sanjay Tamang, general secretary of the
association, said today. The Tamang team went to meet Mamata in
Mongpong, where she held a meeting with government officials and police
officers of Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling.
Tamang said the
chief minister did not meet them but minister Gautam Deb brought to them
her message “to meet the principal secretary of the tribal welfare
department on June 8”.(TT)