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Darjeeling, Aug. 16: Mahendra P.
Lama, the pro-vice chancellor of Indira Gandhi Open National University
who earlier announced his decision to contest the Lok Sabha election
from the Darjeeling constituency, today held a public meeting here and
said politics of general strike would not help solve hill problems.
Lama walked for
40km from Kurseong to Darjeeling with his followers today and held a
meeting at Chowrastha. “In the past 27 years, the hills have been closed
for 234 days. But there has been no result. Strikes are not good for
the region and the focus for Gorkhaland must be in Delhi,” said Lama.
The educationist
also called upon the hill leaders to refrain from using students in
political rallies. “These students will get an opportunity to
participate in rallies later in their lives but they will not get an
opportunity to study later.”
The Telegraph
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