The GNLF chief, Mr Subash Ghisingh is preparing to return to the Hills in order to start a fresh agitation. He will likely adopt a new strategy and slogan to press both the Centre and the state government demanding a Constitutionally-protected setup for the Hills.
The GNLF Kurseong unit spokesperson, Mr Daya Dewan, said his party supremo Mr Ghisingh is likely to return Hill politics and address a public meeting from Sumeru Manch at Chowkbazar in Darjeeling.
Mr Ghisingh may make a comeback in the Hills politics during the festive season of Dusshera and Dipawali.
“Our demand will have a new slogan which is constitutionally protected and a stable set-up until Gorkhaland is fetched,” Mr Dewan said.
He said: “We were keenly reorganising our party cells when the Gorkhaland agitation was restarted by the GJMM suddenly from the end of July. We had suspended our activities and without any opposition to the statehood demand and remained silent spectator as it is the paramount aspiration of the Hills people. But these people from the GJMM have again reverted back to accepting the GTA instead of agitating for Gorkhaland.”
He further added we have nothing to say on the GTA but our views are that until and unless Gorkhaland is created the Governments' concerned must think about an alternative set-up besides the statehood for Darjeeling Hills which must be constitutionally protected and which is stable.
When asked what alternative could be most viable for the people of the Hills, he said that it could be the Sixth Schedule status or others.
“But it is the duty of the Government to have one that guarantees constitutional safeguards and hence in the present circumstances the Sixth Schedule which has constitutional guarantee is the best option for the Hills people. Furthermore it is a subject which had already been discussed and passed by the State Assembly and was awaiting the final nod from Parliament,” he added.
Notably, on 6th December 2005, a tripartite agreement had been signed to provide a Sixth Schedule Status of the Indian Constitution to Darjeeling Hills between the Central, State and the then ruling dispensation ~ the GNLF party led by Subash Ghisingh.
But the agreement could not reach its final end as the bill on the Sixth Schedule had met with stiff opposition from the late Madan Tamang, president of the All India Gorkha League saying it would divide the Hills people on racial lines. Later, with the advent of the GJMM, the agreement was further curtailed and the bill that had been about to be passed was afterwards deferred in the Parliament.
The GNLF Kurseong unit spokesperson, Mr Daya Dewan, said his party supremo Mr Ghisingh is likely to return Hill politics and address a public meeting from Sumeru Manch at Chowkbazar in Darjeeling.
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| GNLF chief, Mr Subash Ghisingh |
Mr Ghisingh may make a comeback in the Hills politics during the festive season of Dusshera and Dipawali.
“Our demand will have a new slogan which is constitutionally protected and a stable set-up until Gorkhaland is fetched,” Mr Dewan said.
He said: “We were keenly reorganising our party cells when the Gorkhaland agitation was restarted by the GJMM suddenly from the end of July. We had suspended our activities and without any opposition to the statehood demand and remained silent spectator as it is the paramount aspiration of the Hills people. But these people from the GJMM have again reverted back to accepting the GTA instead of agitating for Gorkhaland.”
He further added we have nothing to say on the GTA but our views are that until and unless Gorkhaland is created the Governments' concerned must think about an alternative set-up besides the statehood for Darjeeling Hills which must be constitutionally protected and which is stable.
When asked what alternative could be most viable for the people of the Hills, he said that it could be the Sixth Schedule status or others.
“But it is the duty of the Government to have one that guarantees constitutional safeguards and hence in the present circumstances the Sixth Schedule which has constitutional guarantee is the best option for the Hills people. Furthermore it is a subject which had already been discussed and passed by the State Assembly and was awaiting the final nod from Parliament,” he added.
Notably, on 6th December 2005, a tripartite agreement had been signed to provide a Sixth Schedule Status of the Indian Constitution to Darjeeling Hills between the Central, State and the then ruling dispensation ~ the GNLF party led by Subash Ghisingh.
But the agreement could not reach its final end as the bill on the Sixth Schedule had met with stiff opposition from the late Madan Tamang, president of the All India Gorkha League saying it would divide the Hills people on racial lines. Later, with the advent of the GJMM, the agreement was further curtailed and the bill that had been about to be passed was afterwards deferred in the Parliament.
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