In a press release issued by Shri BB Chettri, president of the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh Meghalaya Unit, the BGP and the Gorkha Public Panchayat, Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, have jointly condemned the agreement to accept the GTA instead of a state by the GJJM.
“The Gorkhas of Darjeeling District first demanded a separate state for Gorkhas in the year 1907 and since then different political parties have been demanding the creation of separate state for Gorkhas. The Gorkhas of India have been supporting the demand for the distinct identity for Indian Gorkhas. Many Indian Gorkhas had sacrificed their lives for the cause from time to time. In the year 1988 Shri Subash Ghisingh and his party Gorkha National Liberation Front betrayed the cause by accepting Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council instead of Gorkhaland. Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council was a development council under West Bengal. The demand of the Gorkhas were to have a separate state of their own outside Bengal domination by carving out the Darjeeling District and Dooars from Jalpaiguri but Shri Ghisingh accepted the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council within Bengal. In the year 2007, a ray of hope was seen when Shri Bimal Gurung started fresh agitation for creation of Gorkhaland by opening a new political Party under the name and style “Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha”. People had given unqualified support to the agitation spearheaded by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha with a hope that one day the Gorkhas will have their own state. Shri Bimal Gurung also betrayed the people and threw a wet blanket on the aspiration of 1.25 crore India Gorkhas by signing an agreement at Pintail Village on 18th July 2011 for Gorkhaland Territorial Adminstration without defining its territorial areas. Now the Justice Shyamal Sen Commission has offered 5 mouzas only against 396 mouzas demanded by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha. The Morcha gladly accepted it without any protest. When the GJMM decided to contest the GTA election in the present form, it is a second injury inflicted on the hopes of Gorkhas. The GJMM has agreed that Darjeeling Hills will be a part of West Bengal, this indication was given when GJMM supremo Shri Bimal Gurung and West Bengal Chief Minister Miss Mamata Banerjee jointly addressed the Press Conference recently at Kalimpong.
The Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha betrayed the people of hills, specially the Gorkhas of Dooars and Terai areas, as well as Gorkhas from other parts of India. As such 18th July 2011 was the day of betrayal and a Black Day for Gorkhas. So we have observed the first anniversary of signing of agreement creating Gorkhaland Territorial Administration as “BETRAYAL AND BLACK DAY.”
“The Gorkhas of Darjeeling District first demanded a separate state for Gorkhas in the year 1907 and since then different political parties have been demanding the creation of separate state for Gorkhas. The Gorkhas of India have been supporting the demand for the distinct identity for Indian Gorkhas. Many Indian Gorkhas had sacrificed their lives for the cause from time to time. In the year 1988 Shri Subash Ghisingh and his party Gorkha National Liberation Front betrayed the cause by accepting Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council instead of Gorkhaland. Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council was a development council under West Bengal. The demand of the Gorkhas were to have a separate state of their own outside Bengal domination by carving out the Darjeeling District and Dooars from Jalpaiguri but Shri Ghisingh accepted the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council within Bengal. In the year 2007, a ray of hope was seen when Shri Bimal Gurung started fresh agitation for creation of Gorkhaland by opening a new political Party under the name and style “Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha”. People had given unqualified support to the agitation spearheaded by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha with a hope that one day the Gorkhas will have their own state. Shri Bimal Gurung also betrayed the people and threw a wet blanket on the aspiration of 1.25 crore India Gorkhas by signing an agreement at Pintail Village on 18th July 2011 for Gorkhaland Territorial Adminstration without defining its territorial areas. Now the Justice Shyamal Sen Commission has offered 5 mouzas only against 396 mouzas demanded by the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha. The Morcha gladly accepted it without any protest. When the GJMM decided to contest the GTA election in the present form, it is a second injury inflicted on the hopes of Gorkhas. The GJMM has agreed that Darjeeling Hills will be a part of West Bengal, this indication was given when GJMM supremo Shri Bimal Gurung and West Bengal Chief Minister Miss Mamata Banerjee jointly addressed the Press Conference recently at Kalimpong.
The Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha betrayed the people of hills, specially the Gorkhas of Dooars and Terai areas, as well as Gorkhas from other parts of India. As such 18th July 2011 was the day of betrayal and a Black Day for Gorkhas. So we have observed the first anniversary of signing of agreement creating Gorkhaland Territorial Administration as “BETRAYAL AND BLACK DAY.”
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