SILIGURI, 4 JAN: In order to avoid any untoward incident, Siliguri police will bar Gorkha Jan Mukti Yuva Morcha (GJMYM) activists from organising any signature campaign demanding separate state of Gokhaland.
The GJMYM has started a signature campaign and has planned to collect signatures from residents of the Terai, including Siliguri.
To avoid conflict between Nepali-speaking locals and adivasis and other minority community people, the GJMYM activists are not campaigning in the Dooars. Local Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) leaders have allegedly threatened to stop the campaign in the Dooars.
The Siliguri additional SP, Mr Amit P Javalgi, said: “Nobody has sought permission from police for the campaign. We need to know the purpose of the GJMYM’s programme. If it is for the separate state of Gorkhaland, we will not the programme in Siliguri.”
“When the state government has planned to execute the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in the Hills and police would not grant permission for any such programme,” a senior police officer said.
The GJMYM general secretary, Priyabardhan Rai, said: “There is no need to seek permission from police for the signature campaign. Our members will approach the people to put in their signatures demanding a separate state. Without seeking any permission such programmes are going on in the three hill subdivisions ~ Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling.”
“We would hold an indoor meeting with the GJMYM leaders in Siliguri sub-division soon and announce the date of the campaign,” Mr Rai said.
The GJMYM started the campaign on 1 January and has decided to continue it in Darjeeling, including Terai region, till 20 January. The GJMYM leaders would formulate strategies on how to begin the movement in the Dooars after 20 January.”
On the other hand, ABAVP state president Birsa Tirkey said: “Local-level leaders, including the people belonging to the minority communities, protested against the signature campaign in the Dooars. They are determined to protest against the Yuva Morcha’s movement for a separate state. Nobody would give up an inch of land from the Dooars when they would demand separate statehood.”
The GJMYM has started a signature campaign and has planned to collect signatures from residents of the Terai, including Siliguri.
To avoid conflict between Nepali-speaking locals and adivasis and other minority community people, the GJMYM activists are not campaigning in the Dooars. Local Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) leaders have allegedly threatened to stop the campaign in the Dooars.
The Siliguri additional SP, Mr Amit P Javalgi, said: “Nobody has sought permission from police for the campaign. We need to know the purpose of the GJMYM’s programme. If it is for the separate state of Gorkhaland, we will not the programme in Siliguri.”
“When the state government has planned to execute the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in the Hills and police would not grant permission for any such programme,” a senior police officer said.
The GJMYM general secretary, Priyabardhan Rai, said: “There is no need to seek permission from police for the signature campaign. Our members will approach the people to put in their signatures demanding a separate state. Without seeking any permission such programmes are going on in the three hill subdivisions ~ Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling.”
“We would hold an indoor meeting with the GJMYM leaders in Siliguri sub-division soon and announce the date of the campaign,” Mr Rai said.
The GJMYM started the campaign on 1 January and has decided to continue it in Darjeeling, including Terai region, till 20 January. The GJMYM leaders would formulate strategies on how to begin the movement in the Dooars after 20 January.”
On the other hand, ABAVP state president Birsa Tirkey said: “Local-level leaders, including the people belonging to the minority communities, protested against the signature campaign in the Dooars. They are determined to protest against the Yuva Morcha’s movement for a separate state. Nobody would give up an inch of land from the Dooars when they would demand separate statehood.”
-statesman news service
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