Kalimpong: The rebel faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
said on Thursday that it was helming the GTA with the knowledge that it
was a body that would have to work by taking the state government into
confidence, but not at the altar of Gorkhaland.
Addressing the
first public meeting organised by the anti-Bimal Gurung faction of the
Morcha in Kalimpong, Anit Thapa, the second-in-command of the Binay
Tamang group, said the GTA was a set-up that, by its constitution, would
have to work in tandem with the state government and they were not
going to lie about it.
"We will not indulge in politics of lie.
Gorkhaland is our ideology and we will not go astray. We know the
reasons why we are doing what we are doing," he said.
Thapa
said Bimal Gurung had settled for the GTA knowing fully well that it
was a body within the state of Bengal, but lied about it to the people.
"They moved around in beacon lights and told the people this was
Gorkhaland. We are not going down that route," he said.
Thapa was essentially trying to drive home the point that his group
had not compromised the cause of Gorkhaland by playing ball with the
state government.
"The Tamang faction has been accused of hurting
the Gorkhaland cause by settling on what is derisively called GTA II
for their own interest. Thapa is essentially trying to allay those
fears, but his group still have a lot to do before they can rid
themselves of the perception that they are essentially doing the bidding
of the state," said a political analyst.
The Telegraph
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