Addressing a massive crowd in Sukna
today, the GJM President Bimal Gurung asserted the separate state of
Gorkhaland will be formed within Mamata Banergee’s term as the chief
minister of West Bengal, but it can only be achieved by supporting
Bharatya Janta Party in the LS Elections this year.
Over 1 lakh people from every corner of
the Darjeeling hills, Terai and Dooars attended the meeting today at the
Sukna football ground near Siliguri. The meeting was also attended by
BJP’s Darjeeling constituency candidate SS Ahuluwalia, GJM General
Secretary Roshan Giri, along with BJP leader and former GLO chief
Chattray Subba among others.
Slamming the state government, Gurung
said the Mamata government is using ‘Daman Niti’ towards the hill
people. He claimed, “Mamata’s government is using police and
administration to divide the people of the hills and resorting to
pressure tactics to win the election.”
He also alleged the state government for
starting manhunt and arresting GJM leaders only because Trinamool did
not receive GJM’s support for this year’s election. “The police started
issuing arrest warrants against the GJM leaders on the day when we
announced our support to BJP,” he pointed out.
Blaming Mamata of failing to bring any
development in hills, he said, “Mamata claims she visited the hills 22
times in the last three years, but every time she came here she only cut
ribbons but never fulfilled her promise to implement the development
projects.”
Gurung also appealed GNLF supremo Subash
Ghishing and independent candidate Mahendra P Lama to support BJP if
they want to form Gorkhaland and love the people of the hills. He said,
“It is the time for the two leaders to think for the Gorkha community
and the dreams of 1200 brave people who sacrificed their lives during
Gorkhaland movement.”
SS Ahuluwalia in his speech asserted
that he will work hard to fulfill all the dreams and aspirations of the
people of the hills, especially the formation of Gorkhaland. He said,
“Despite playing a vital role in the development of the nation, the
Gorkha community has been neglected by both the state and central
governments and this has to change.”
He said, “When the nation needs its
boarders to be protected the government looks for the services of the
brave Gorkha solders. However, when it comes to the issue of their
identity in the nation and its demand for a separate state, they are
ignored and even humiliated.”
He claimed the BJP will never sideline
the demand of Gorkha people and will make sure their demands are met
with. He also appealed the people to vote for BJP to realize the dream
of having their own state.(EOIC)