GJMM adamant on poll

DARJEELING:  GJMM president Bimal Gurung made it categorically clear today that his party would not participate in the GTA election until it is satisfied that the proposed fact-verification committee works in conformity with the parameters outlined in the GTA agreement. He also said the party's agitation programme would stand, except for the proposed resignation of the chairmen of the Hill municipalities scheduled tomorrow, which has been postponed for the time being.
Taking exception to the move to form the fact verification committee, senior CPI-M leader Asok Bhattacharya said it was an affront to the credibility of Justice Shyamal Sen. Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad state president Birsa Tirkey said it amounted to lending roundabout credence to the GJMM’s unjustified demands for more mouzas from the plains. sns