The Youth Front of the Gorkha Janmukti
Morcha today held a rally in Darjeeling town in support of BJP candidate
SS Ahluwalia that culminated in a street corner meeting at Chowrastha.
GJM town committee youth president Tilak Chhetri alleged those against a
separate state have joined the ranks of the TMC and other parties and
claimed the deserters have been bribed.
“Only those who wanted to make money
have left our party. But it must be remembered that when a Gorkhaland
state is achieved it will be for them too,” he said.
Following the failed second round of
statehood agitation, there has been an exodus of GJM supporters to rival
camps. especially to the TMC.
The GJM youth wing’s rally and public meeting coincided with independent candidate Mahendra P Lama’s public meeting.(EOIC)