GJM leadership nowhere in comparison to Telengana leaders: CPRM

Kalimpong,Pradip Lohagun: The CPRM today alleged in a press statement the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has not right to demand for a separate Gorkhaland state alongside the ongoing demand for Telengana.

Kalimpong CPRM unit president Kishore Pradhan accused the GJM leadership of lacking in qualities exhibited by the Telengana leaders. He said the leadership down south is honest, committed, patient and exudes of complete integrity. “The GJM does not have the right to claim statehood along with the Telengana leaders. The people of Telengana have demanded statehood without getting distracted, but leaders here are self-centred and first think for themselves instead of the issue in question. Such leaders do not have the right to make the demand for statehood or compare themselves with the Telengana leaders,” opined Pradhan.

At the same time, the CPRM leader wished godspeed to Telengana statehood, saying this would take the demand for Gorkhaland a step forward. Comparing the two movements, he observed the Gorkhas lack in strategy-making even as he appealed to the centre to prioritise the Gorkhaland cause after a new Telengana state is created. 

Pradhan went on to state, “At the outset, we should push ourselves to the level of the Telengana leaders. Everyone knows the centre is not going to accept the creation of two states simultaneously.”  He further rapped the GJM of not practicing democratic values and differing in word and deed. “We will support the GJM only if it boycotts the GTA. We will then look up to the party as an organisation agitating honestly for statehood.” 

Meanwhile, CPRM spokesperson Mohan Paudyal voiced his suspicion on the renewed calls for statehood being made by some vital affiliates of the GJM.  “The GJM has brought forward some of its important wings just to fool the people,” he alleged.