Darjeeling/Siliguri: The Binay Tamang camp of the Gorkha
Janmukti Morcha on Wednesday named Prativa Rai and Sagar Tamang for the
posts of chairperson and vice-chairperson of Darjeeling municipality,
respectively.
The current chairman, D.K. Pradhan, had been arrested during
the Gorkhaland agitation last year and is in jail now. Ramjung Golay was
the vice-chairman and had resigned from the post as well as the
councillorship.
The names of Rai and Tamang, the councillors of wards 23 and 25, were
announced by Anit Thapa, the second most important leader of the
Morcha's Binay camp.
"They are our choices for the posts of chairperson and
vice-chairperson. We will also take necessary steps to see they assume
their offices," said Thapa.
The Binay lobby of the Morcha had already grabbed power in
Kalimpong and Kurseong municipalities. Of 31 wards in Darjeeling, 28 are
with the Binay camp.
In October, the councillors of the Binay camp had written to
the administration, saying the board was unable to discharge duties in a
"desired manner" and demanding Pradhan's removal.
"But the tenure of Pradhan as the chairman had not crossed the
six-month period for a no-trust motion to be moved against him. The
six-month period ended in November and it seems that is why the Tamang
camp has come forward to remove Pradhan," said a political analyst.
The Telegraph
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