Kolkata: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha tonight
said it has called for an emergency meeting tomorrow to take a
stand on Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram`s appeal to call
off the indefinite fast by its activists before the December
21 tripartite talks.
"Since Darjeeling is very cold at night we could not
hold a meeting. An emergency meeting of central committee of
the GJM will be held tomorrow to discuss the Union Minister`s
appeal and take a stand," GJM General Secretary Roshan Giri
said over phone from Darjeeling.
Earlier, party spokesman Harkabadur Chetri said had
the Centre not "committed on Telengana" matters would have
been different in Darjeeling. He also said chances of calling
of the indefinite fast before the tripartite talks were
"slim".
West Bengal Home Secretary Ardhendhu Sen told
reporters, "if the Gorkhaland issue comes up at the tripartite
talks, we shall discuss it along with other related issues, as
we did during three earlier talks."
"We shall explain our stand only during the talks and
not before it," Sen said when asked about the state
government`s stand.
On the chances of success of the talks, he said
"definitely the question remains if it will be fruitful one."
Stating that it would be good, if something concrete
emerged from the talks, he said, "in case of failure, we are
not averse to participate in further talks."
Sen said the tripartite talks would be held even
though the GJM was continuing its indefinite fast to press its
separate state demand.
The West Bengal Home Secretary had, earlier, said that
issues like granting of more autonomy and scrapping of the
Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council were likely to come up in the
talks.
PTI
