GJM's no to interim set-up, demands separate state

Last Updated: Monday, May 31, 2010, 00:43

Tags: GJM, Darjeeling, proposal

Darjeeling (WB): In a U-turn, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Sunday said it was withdrawing its proposal for an interim set-up, scheduled to be taken up at the next tripartite meeting, and wanted a separate state.

GJM chief Bimal Gurung told a rally at a school campus, five km from here, that they would henceforward carry on movement for a separate state which would be known as the 'Gorkha-Adivasi Parishad' and not Gorkhaland.

In an obvious attempt to enlist support of the estranged adivasis who are opposed to the creation of a separate state encompassing Dooars and Terai where they are a majority, Gurung said they would no longer press for an interim set-up which the West Bengal government and the Centre were insisting upon.

GJM-supported Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh said that the hill people's long-standing dream of a separate state was nearing fulfilment.

"Ever since I became an MP from the region, I have taken the hill people's dream to Parliament," Singh said.

He, however, appealed to the people to keep their movement peaceful.

Gurung also told the rally that the GJM's proposed 10-day Darjeeling bandh from June 12 had been withdrawn.

GJM general secretary Roshan Giri said his organisation had no hand, direct or indirect, in the murder of All India Gorkha League chief Madan Tamang and demanded a CBI inquiry to find out those responsible.

PTI

First Published: Monday, May 31, 2010, 00:43

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Felix yonzon - Darjeeling West Bengal
ha ha !!!how could you be thapa and gishing at the same time!it is a new title which your ashoke bhattu has give to you ?do not hide behind the mask and comment got it.by the way you seem to have come to darjeeling in shoe string budget and seen the names of ghoom and tung,...gorkhako condo sunng understood?...by the way why don`t you go to bangladesh and catch fish.

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Bimal Thapa / Ghishing - TOONG
hello felix,
dont talk rubbish as to who should and should not talk in a democracy.certainly you aand your likes are not indian citizens.please go to nepal and practise democracy there you home place.you all need to be literally kicked in your asses and thrown out of our mother lang

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Felix yonzon - Darjeeling West Bengal
please if you are making the comment for or against the demand of gorkhaland,please do but do not hide behind false names as the first two commentators have done,people like you have not place in democracy because you lack courage and dislike the other communities legitimate rights.

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Bimal Ghising - Ghoom
there is no need to create a seperate state for people from nepal who are not indians in the first place.there is only one solution which is to throw and kick out these foreigners from our country

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Bimal Thapa - Ghoom
there is no need to create gorkha land. kick these neplese and throw them out of india.this is the need of the hour and nothing else

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Felix yonzon - Darjeeling West Bengal
gorkha- land is the long standing demand of ours the gorkhas, irrespective of any parties demand and any name.we the ordinary folks of darjeeling are capable of seeing through the political parties gimmick,exploitation `talibanism`etc,only solution is to resolve this issue as soon as possible.