The Gorkha National Liberation Front has
demanded the restoration of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council until
the Sixth Schedule is implemented in the hills. The GNLF, putting forth
the demand to the central and state government today, conducted an
awareness campaign in Kalimpong by distributing handouts. The party’s
women wing, Gorkha National Women’s Organisation, had taken the
initiative and distributed the handouts to people across the town as
part of the campaign.
The Kalimpong GNWO leaders including
Sangay Lamu Sherpa and Mary Shakuntala Rai along with other members were
part of the campaign. The leaders said the awareness campaign was part
of the party’s political activity to demand the implementation of the
Sixth Schedule and restoration of DGHC. “Apart from distributing
handouts, the party will also conduct poster campaigns and peaceful
rallies in the town,” said GNWO Kalimpong unit president, Sangay Lamu
Sherpa.
The GNLF handout has portrayed the DGHC
as an organisation with "real constitutional autonomous power' with high
potential, stating the council should be returned back to the hills
honorably without any delay.(EOIC)