Opposition parties in the Hills have welcomed the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s call for a united struggle for a separate state, but wants it to first scrap the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and prove its sincerity towards the demand.
After the Union government announced its decision to curve Andhra Pradesh to create a Telengana state, GJM chief Bimal Gurung gave in his resignation from the post of GTA chief executive and has called an indefinite strike beginning Saturday.
This move of the GJM, however, has not found much weight, with opposition parties here saying they want the GTA to be scrapped and Sabha members to resign first. “Gurung may have resigned from the GTA CE post but he will still remain its member. The other GTA members too have not resigned,” noted AIGL working president Laxman Pradhan.
The AIGL leader has also asked the GJM to seek the resignations of the three MLAs, MP and to dissolve the municipalities.
The AIGL is also of the view that a fresh roadmap should be chalked out by way of collective leadership to take forward the separate state movement. “We welcome the GJM’s call for a united struggle. But we want a collective front comprising various political parties, associations and intellectuals to chalk out a roadmap and strategise the next move forward,” Pradhan pointed out.
The Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxist (CPRM), the
second largest party in the Hills, too echoed similar sentiments. “We have no problem in coming together for the separate state movement. But we want the GJM to first drop the GTA. It is important we also stand on a single platform to take the movement forward in the right direction,” said Democratic Revolutionary Youth Front (DRYF) general secretary Arun Ghatani.
The youth front members today organised a rally in Darjeeling and burnt copies of the GTA agreement as a mark of protest against the Union government giving its consent for creating Telengana without considering the Gorkhaland demand. “By burning the GTA agreement we want to show our dissatisfaction with the state and central governments. We do not want any temporary solution to our genuine problem. The GJM leadership must all resign from the GTA to work together,” said DRYF in-charge Shekhar Chhetri.
The CPRM will stage a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on August 6 for the statehood demand and also participate in a “Sansad” march under the aegis of the All India Left Coordination Committee.
Meanwhile, the GJM leadership, which has found itself on the back foot with the UPA government’s decision on Telengana, welcomed the Opposition’s proposal of a united struggle. “We have to unite and struggle together leaving aside our differences. We urge all political parties of the Hills and even our party deserters to come forward for Gorkhaland,” said GJM assistant secretary Binay Tamang.
Even though the tea gardens have been exempted from the purview of the indefinite strike, workers under the aegis of the Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labor Union (DTDPLU) have pledged support to the GJM’s statehood movement. Similarly, government employees under the umbrella of the Hills Employee’s Association (HEA) have also said they would lend a hand to the movement.(EOI)
After the Union government announced its decision to curve Andhra Pradesh to create a Telengana state, GJM chief Bimal Gurung gave in his resignation from the post of GTA chief executive and has called an indefinite strike beginning Saturday.
This move of the GJM, however, has not found much weight, with opposition parties here saying they want the GTA to be scrapped and Sabha members to resign first. “Gurung may have resigned from the GTA CE post but he will still remain its member. The other GTA members too have not resigned,” noted AIGL working president Laxman Pradhan.
The AIGL leader has also asked the GJM to seek the resignations of the three MLAs, MP and to dissolve the municipalities.
The AIGL is also of the view that a fresh roadmap should be chalked out by way of collective leadership to take forward the separate state movement. “We welcome the GJM’s call for a united struggle. But we want a collective front comprising various political parties, associations and intellectuals to chalk out a roadmap and strategise the next move forward,” Pradhan pointed out.
The Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxist (CPRM), the
second largest party in the Hills, too echoed similar sentiments. “We have no problem in coming together for the separate state movement. But we want the GJM to first drop the GTA. It is important we also stand on a single platform to take the movement forward in the right direction,” said Democratic Revolutionary Youth Front (DRYF) general secretary Arun Ghatani.
The youth front members today organised a rally in Darjeeling and burnt copies of the GTA agreement as a mark of protest against the Union government giving its consent for creating Telengana without considering the Gorkhaland demand. “By burning the GTA agreement we want to show our dissatisfaction with the state and central governments. We do not want any temporary solution to our genuine problem. The GJM leadership must all resign from the GTA to work together,” said DRYF in-charge Shekhar Chhetri.
The CPRM will stage a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on August 6 for the statehood demand and also participate in a “Sansad” march under the aegis of the All India Left Coordination Committee.
Meanwhile, the GJM leadership, which has found itself on the back foot with the UPA government’s decision on Telengana, welcomed the Opposition’s proposal of a united struggle. “We have to unite and struggle together leaving aside our differences. We urge all political parties of the Hills and even our party deserters to come forward for Gorkhaland,” said GJM assistant secretary Binay Tamang.
Even though the tea gardens have been exempted from the purview of the indefinite strike, workers under the aegis of the Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labor Union (DTDPLU) have pledged support to the GJM’s statehood movement. Similarly, government employees under the umbrella of the Hills Employee’s Association (HEA) have also said they would lend a hand to the movement.(EOI)
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