The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP), which had expelled its president of the Dooars-Terai regional unit, John Barla in 2011, today claimed that the Siliguri Court has ruled that Mr Barla is no longer associated with the tribal body.
ABAVP had suspended Mr Barla after he led some tribal leaders from the Dooars and the Terai to join hands with the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) and demand a separate state of Gorkhaland and an Adivasi Territorial Administration (GATA) comprising the Hills, Terai and the
Dooars.
ABAVP state president Birsa Tirkey today said the court had ruled that both Mr Barla and Sukra Munda, the former chairman of the Progressive Tea Workers’ Union (PTWU), affiliated to the ABAVP, were not associated with the two organisations.
"The court has stopped them from using ABAVP letterhead, organising any meeting under the banner of the ABAVP or representing ABAVP or PTWU in any meeting," Mr Tirkey said.
The ABAVP had also terminated Mr Munda, who later joined the Trinamul Congress in 2013.
The state general secretary of the ABAVP, Tejkumar Toppo, said that despite the expulsion, Mr Barla has been using the ABAVP name in his activities and dealings.
"Mr Barla using the name of the organization despite his expulsion is unethical. We were forced to move the court," Mr Tirkey said.
Meanwhile, on the recent killings of tribals in Assam, Mr Tirkey said they would write to the Assam government and the Centre to provide adequate security to the tribal people in that
state.
"The tribal community has been targeted in Assam several times.
It was the duty of the Assam government to protect them, but the government has miserably failed to gather intelligence inputs about possible attacks. We will write to both the Assam government and the Centre asking them to take initiatives to protect the tribals," he said.
Mr Tirkey also praised CM Mamata Banerjee for taking initiatives to give shelter to Assam victims.
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Dooars.
ABAVP state president Birsa Tirkey today said the court had ruled that both Mr Barla and Sukra Munda, the former chairman of the Progressive Tea Workers’ Union (PTWU), affiliated to the ABAVP, were not associated with the two organisations.
"The court has stopped them from using ABAVP letterhead, organising any meeting under the banner of the ABAVP or representing ABAVP or PTWU in any meeting," Mr Tirkey said.
The ABAVP had also terminated Mr Munda, who later joined the Trinamul Congress in 2013.
The state general secretary of the ABAVP, Tejkumar Toppo, said that despite the expulsion, Mr Barla has been using the ABAVP name in his activities and dealings.
"Mr Barla using the name of the organization despite his expulsion is unethical. We were forced to move the court," Mr Tirkey said.
Meanwhile, on the recent killings of tribals in Assam, Mr Tirkey said they would write to the Assam government and the Centre to provide adequate security to the tribal people in that
state.
"The tribal community has been targeted in Assam several times.
It was the duty of the Assam government to protect them, but the government has miserably failed to gather intelligence inputs about possible attacks. We will write to both the Assam government and the Centre asking them to take initiatives to protect the tribals," he said.
Mr Tirkey also praised CM Mamata Banerjee for taking initiatives to give shelter to Assam victims.
Source: SNS
