Agitation in Parliament--- Lama, Dr. will lose --- Bimal
Dr. Mahendra P.Lama, a former Sikkim University Vice Chancellor and the lone independent candidate for the Darjeeling lok sabha seat is confident that he will make it to the parliament as a debutant after counting is over on May 16. Lama however has the support of CPRM, ABGL and his own apolitical body the Darjeeling Dooars United Development Foundation (DDUDF).
Addressing an election rally slated for April 17, Lama regarded as a noted academician said he has already won the elections. “Pressing the button of EVM on April 17 will be a mere formality,” Lama said in confidence at a time when the lok sabha polls for the Darjeeling seat is gone on to be unpredictable.
The seat this time has a four cornered contest between Bhaichung Bhutia the TMC candidate, S.S. Ahluwalia the BJP nominee, Dr. Mahendra P.Lama an independent and Saman Pathak the left nominee. In the past the seat has been won by a party which managed to seek support from the hill party.
While Lama is harping on raising his voice in the parliament for Gorkhaland, the GJM backed BJP is fighting for the seat promising to look into the Gorkha demand ‘sympathetically’, the Left however is banking on implementation of sixth schedule and the Trinamool is against the Gorkhaland demand.
“I am worried about the future of the youths here. That is the reason why i have come to the hills back. After I win, protest for the demand of Gorkhaland will not be held here. There will be no strike and schools will not get shut. My agitation for Gorkhaland will be staged in the parliament,” added Lama who claimed to have worked closely with the Indian government.
He alleged, “The elected MP’s so far from the seat have failed to address the issue in the parliament. Our demand is 100 years old but how many times the issue has been raised. The number of discussions that took place in the parliament for creation of Telangana is innumerable”.
Lama who was once a close aide of Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling however did not miss the opportunity to speak his mind on Sikkim. “The Sikkim legislative Assembly did pass a resolution on Gorkhaland but was not forwarded in the right place,” he added.
Bimal Gurung the GJM chief however prompt to react stated in his facebook page saying that Lama in realism is only dividing the hills votes in a bid to help the opposition forces that are anti-Gorkhaland. “Lama clearly knows that he defeat is sure. With Lama dividing hills votes it could be easy for the anti-Gorkhaland forces to win the seat,” the facebook post read.
More than five hundred GJM youths hit the streets on Monday in support of BJP candidate S.S. Ahluwalia who later converged at Chowrastha and appealed the general people to vote for BJP for betterment of the Gorkhas.
Indian Gorkhas
Dr. Mahendra P.Lama, a former Sikkim University Vice Chancellor and the lone independent candidate for the Darjeeling lok sabha seat is confident that he will make it to the parliament as a debutant after counting is over on May 16. Lama however has the support of CPRM, ABGL and his own apolitical body the Darjeeling Dooars United Development Foundation (DDUDF).
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| DDUDF meeting at Darjeeling |
The seat this time has a four cornered contest between Bhaichung Bhutia the TMC candidate, S.S. Ahluwalia the BJP nominee, Dr. Mahendra P.Lama an independent and Saman Pathak the left nominee. In the past the seat has been won by a party which managed to seek support from the hill party.
While Lama is harping on raising his voice in the parliament for Gorkhaland, the GJM backed BJP is fighting for the seat promising to look into the Gorkha demand ‘sympathetically’, the Left however is banking on implementation of sixth schedule and the Trinamool is against the Gorkhaland demand.
“I am worried about the future of the youths here. That is the reason why i have come to the hills back. After I win, protest for the demand of Gorkhaland will not be held here. There will be no strike and schools will not get shut. My agitation for Gorkhaland will be staged in the parliament,” added Lama who claimed to have worked closely with the Indian government.
He alleged, “The elected MP’s so far from the seat have failed to address the issue in the parliament. Our demand is 100 years old but how many times the issue has been raised. The number of discussions that took place in the parliament for creation of Telangana is innumerable”.
Lama who was once a close aide of Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling however did not miss the opportunity to speak his mind on Sikkim. “The Sikkim legislative Assembly did pass a resolution on Gorkhaland but was not forwarded in the right place,” he added.
Bimal Gurung the GJM chief however prompt to react stated in his facebook page saying that Lama in realism is only dividing the hills votes in a bid to help the opposition forces that are anti-Gorkhaland. “Lama clearly knows that he defeat is sure. With Lama dividing hills votes it could be easy for the anti-Gorkhaland forces to win the seat,” the facebook post read.
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| GJM Youths of Darjeeling takes a rally in support of BJP candidate S.S. Ahluwalia |
More than five hundred GJM youths hit the streets on Monday in support of BJP candidate S.S. Ahluwalia who later converged at Chowrastha and appealed the general people to vote for BJP for betterment of the Gorkhas.
Indian Gorkhas
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