GNLF gearing up for DGHC, Sixth Schedule

The Mangarjong unit of the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) today held a meeting at Dari Gaon under the chairmanship of Subat Rai in the presence of the party’s Pokhraybong-Nagari representative MK Rai. Addressing the gathering, MK Rai said the issues of election and Sixth Schedule are entirely different matters. He said friends and foes matter in party politics but they do not apply to the public. The announcement of the results will reveal which party emerges victorious and the ones who have lost, but the public should never take on a negative stand.

MK Rai remarked sub-section 2 of Section 243M of the Constitution declares the DGHC area as a protected one and that it also identifies the region as a tribal area. Citing the Constitution, he claimed the sub-section guarantees a provision for Sixth Schedule statues for the areas under the erstwhile DGHC. Rai noted GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh had championed the cause of Sixth Schedule in 2005 on the basis of the same provision.

Rai went on to say that although the Sixth Schedule bill had been tabled in the home ministry, its passage in Parliament is still pending due to the political turmoil in the hills. But the bill will now be soon passed as the GNLF is gearing up to pursue the demand doggedly once again. Terming the GTA an unconstitutional set up, the GNLF leader demanded the reinstatement of the DGHC until the granting of Sixth Schedule status.

Source - EOI

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