Kalimpong : Amid the ongoing statehood agitation in the hills and the attempts by the state government to suppress the movement, the Darjeeling District Congress has appealed to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders to focus on taking the statehood agenda directly to the centre.
District Congress secretary Dilip Pradhan, while addressing the media in Kalimpong today, said despite the constant pressure on them from the party high command, they have participated in the sessions of the Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee and are working proactively in the hope of achieving separate statehood.
“Why can’t we unite and demand statehood when all parties at the centre can voice their same stereotype statement of not allowing the division of Bengal?” asked Pradhan.
He said district Congress representatives have already met party officials at the Centre and apprised them of the problems prevailing in the Darjeeling hills. He claimed Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appealed to all hill-based parties and organisations to stand united in the statehood demand.
Commenting on the departure of some parties from the newly formed GJAC, Pradhan appealed to them to learn lessons from ongoing agitations in other regions of the country. He said division among hill-based parties at a time when state-level parties are protesting together against the statehood demand is a shameful development.
Further, Pradhan said the district Congress appeals the GJAC to target the Centre in their future meetings while stressing on the necessity of a representative body at the national capital. He also appealed to all incumbent and former MPs, MLAs and intellectuals in the hills to take the agitation to the Centre.
The meeting was also addressed by GTA sabhsad CP Poudyel. He slammed the policy of the state government and its move to suppress the agitation.
“The state government is trying to suppress the agitation on the basis of allegations that have no evidence with the ulterior motive to portray it as violent,” remarked Poudyel.
The meeting was also attended by GJM leaders Ramesh Allay, Norden Lama and Bijay Sundas, CPRM leader PB Ghatani and many people from town and its surrounding areas.
Source : echoofindia.com
Photo by: EOI PIKS
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| Hill Congress secretary Dilip Pradhan in Kalimpong . |
District Congress secretary Dilip Pradhan, while addressing the media in Kalimpong today, said despite the constant pressure on them from the party high command, they have participated in the sessions of the Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee and are working proactively in the hope of achieving separate statehood.
“Why can’t we unite and demand statehood when all parties at the centre can voice their same stereotype statement of not allowing the division of Bengal?” asked Pradhan.
He said district Congress representatives have already met party officials at the Centre and apprised them of the problems prevailing in the Darjeeling hills. He claimed Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appealed to all hill-based parties and organisations to stand united in the statehood demand.
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| Kalimpong public waiting eagerly for the meeting to begin. |
Further, Pradhan said the district Congress appeals the GJAC to target the Centre in their future meetings while stressing on the necessity of a representative body at the national capital. He also appealed to all incumbent and former MPs, MLAs and intellectuals in the hills to take the agitation to the Centre.
The meeting was also addressed by GTA sabhsad CP Poudyel. He slammed the policy of the state government and its move to suppress the agitation.
“The state government is trying to suppress the agitation on the basis of allegations that have no evidence with the ulterior motive to portray it as violent,” remarked Poudyel.
The meeting was also attended by GJM leaders Ramesh Allay, Norden Lama and Bijay Sundas, CPRM leader PB Ghatani and many people from town and its surrounding areas.
Source : echoofindia.com
Photo by: EOI PIKS
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