Kalimpong, May 10,TT: The Bharatiya Gorkha Bhutpurva Sainik Morcha has said the decision of the GNLF to form a frontal organisation for ex-servicemen in the hills will remain a non-starter as the former jawans can see through its game plan of using them to gain political mileage.
Col. (Retd) Ramesh Allay, the president of the Sainik Morcha , an affiliate of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, told The Telegraph that GNLF president Subash Ghisingh had mobilised ex-servicemen in the name of Gorkhaland during the movement led by his party in the mid-eighties, only to betray their sacrifices by abandoning the demand.
“Many ex-servicemen lost their lives during the agitation. Given that Ghisingh has dropped the statehood demand in favour of the Sixth Schedule status for the hills, how can he now hope to mobilise the ex-servicemen who even today remain committed to the cause of Gorkhaland.”
Allay alleged that the GNLF was being used by the government to divide the ex-servicemen. “We all must not fall in their trap. The GNLF should desist from misusing the former soldiers as shoulders to fire at its political rivals.”
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