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Gorkhaland supporters divided on arms and democracy
The Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) on Saturday said that there was nothing wrong in demanding a separate Gorkhaland state, but this should be achieved through a democratic movement and armed struggle was not the way.
Speaking to newsmen at his residence in Darjeeling, Gurung said that all the three branch committees of GNLF, in a resolution in July this year, demanded that the centre table a bill on 'Gorkhaland' during the ongoing winter session of parliament. If this was not done, he said, the GNLF would decide its future course of action at the end of the session.
He rubbished the GLO chief's ultimatum to the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) members to quit and said ''There is no threat to them. DHGC chairman Subhas Ghising is going around rural areas supervising development programmes with his normal security.'' He charged the media with having highlighted Subba and his call for armed struggle to achieve Gorkhaland 'for reasons best known to them.'
Gurung, however, said that there must be a hidden power and
brain behind Subba's sudden emergence with the demand for a
separate Gorkhaland state.
Bureau Report