The Gurung (Tamu) Youth Association of
Kurseong today held a meeting at Bloomfield Library where it was
unanimously agreed to demand for the formation of a Gurung Development
Board.
Talking to reporters, Gurung (Tamu)
Youth Association (Kurseong) secretary Dipankar Gurung said
representatives from different places of Darjeeling participated in the
meeting and a unanimous agreement was reached to demand for a
development board for the Gurung community for its overall development.
He said various communities in the hills
have been making efforts to develop their respective communities’
culture and tradition, but the Gurung community is lagging far behind in
this aspect. A development board for the Gurungs will give members
access to various rights and facilities hitherto deprived.
It is inconsequential to mention here
that the Lepcha and Tamang communities have already been accorded their
respective development boards by the state government, which observers
warn is a policy to divide the communities of the hills who have been
living since generations as one single family.(EOIC)
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