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CORRESPONDENT(Darjeeling Times)
Jalpaiguri, Feb. 15: The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad today warned that it would call a bandh in the Dooars from February 17 to 27 if Bimal Gurung’s supporters marched across the region to meet him at Kumani.
“The Morcha has been camping in Kumani specifically to create tension and violence in the Dooars. We have written to the Jalpaiguri police superintendent making it clear that if the administration fails to prevent the Morcha from carrying out its march to Kumani, we will declare a bandh in the Dooars from February 17 to February 27,” said John Barla, the Terai-Dooars regional committee president of the Parishad.
He added that the decision to call the bandh had been taken at a meeting held at Banarhat yesterday.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung has been staying at Kumani since January 19 after he was prevented from proceeding with a padayatra to the Dooars. He told journalists yesterday that a march would begin from Jaigaon on February 17 and around 40,000 supporters would congregate at Kumani on February 27.
Barla also threatened that Parishad members would take to the streets if the Morcha decided to ignore their bandh call and carried out the rally.
The Parishad communiqué to the district administration has also said the Morcha’s agitation and the fallout of its strike following the February 8 police firing at Sibchu had hit normal life in the Dooars as well.
“We are also appealing to the members of the Election Commission, who are in the Darjeeling hills currently, to come and see for themselves the impact of the Morcha’s agitation on the normal life and economy of the region. They should come and listen to the people of the Dooars also,” said Sukra Munda, the assistant secretary of the Parishad.
Kumani is about 14km from Sibchu in the Nagrakata block of Jalpaiguri district.
Jalpaiguri district magistrate Vandana Yadav said Section 144 was in force in the Nagrakata, Birpara, Kalchini, Madarihat, Jaigaon and Banarhat police station areas. “We have already made it clear to the Morcha leadership that no marches will be allowed in the Dooars as we apprehend a law and order problem,” she said.
However, the convener of the Dooars unit of the Morcha, Madhukar Thapa, said preparations had already begun to organise the march. “We have sent a letter to the administration seeking permission to hold a peaceful march.”
Jalpaiguri, Feb. 15: The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad today warned that it would call a bandh in the Dooars from February 17 to 27 if Bimal Gurung’s supporters marched across the region to meet him at Kumani.
“The Morcha has been camping in Kumani specifically to create tension and violence in the Dooars. We have written to the Jalpaiguri police superintendent making it clear that if the administration fails to prevent the Morcha from carrying out its march to Kumani, we will declare a bandh in the Dooars from February 17 to February 27,” said John Barla, the Terai-Dooars regional committee president of the Parishad.
He added that the decision to call the bandh had been taken at a meeting held at Banarhat yesterday.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung has been staying at Kumani since January 19 after he was prevented from proceeding with a padayatra to the Dooars. He told journalists yesterday that a march would begin from Jaigaon on February 17 and around 40,000 supporters would congregate at Kumani on February 27.
Barla also threatened that Parishad members would take to the streets if the Morcha decided to ignore their bandh call and carried out the rally.
The Parishad communiqué to the district administration has also said the Morcha’s agitation and the fallout of its strike following the February 8 police firing at Sibchu had hit normal life in the Dooars as well.
“We are also appealing to the members of the Election Commission, who are in the Darjeeling hills currently, to come and see for themselves the impact of the Morcha’s agitation on the normal life and economy of the region. They should come and listen to the people of the Dooars also,” said Sukra Munda, the assistant secretary of the Parishad.
Kumani is about 14km from Sibchu in the Nagrakata block of Jalpaiguri district.
Jalpaiguri district magistrate Vandana Yadav said Section 144 was in force in the Nagrakata, Birpara, Kalchini, Madarihat, Jaigaon and Banarhat police station areas. “We have already made it clear to the Morcha leadership that no marches will be allowed in the Dooars as we apprehend a law and order problem,” she said.
However, the convener of the Dooars unit of the Morcha, Madhukar Thapa, said preparations had already begun to organise the march. “We have sent a letter to the administration seeking permission to hold a peaceful march.”
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