Youth leader of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha’s, Bimal Gurung camp,
Prakash Gurung, on Monday countered statements made by GJMM leader Binoy
Tamang on Sunday and claimed that the people in the Hills will not
accept any kind of “alternative arrangement.” He also said that Mr
Tamang’s tirade against the Sikkim chief minister was unfortunate and
that it showed his political immaturity.
In a press release the GJMM camp sent on Whatsapp from an undisclosed
location, the youth leader was referring to Mr Tamang’s statement he
made yesterday in a public rally in Sukna in Siliguri. Mr Tamang said
that a new “set-up” was on the way, which would end the Gorkhas’
identity problem and keep the community safe within India.
He also warned the Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling and his
government against “meddling” in Hill politics. “They are now speaking
about bringing an arrangement as an alternative to Gorkhaland, and
people should be careful of that, as both Anit (Thapa) and Binoy should
know that our community will not accept anything less than Gorkhaland.
If they are trying to bring in another arrangement, they are playing
with fire. Even though we are in the jungles, we have not lost hope and
the people have also not accepted defeat,” Prakash Gurung said in the
release posted in the camp’s social media group by another Morcha
leader, Roshan Giri. “The main motive of the allegations against Sikkim
and its chief minister Pawan Chamling is only to spoil the good
relations we have with Sikkim since ages so that our issue gets
weakened.
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had also given a similar
statement when the Sikkim government had spoken in favour of Gorkhaland
with home minister Rajnath Singh,” the release said. “No one has
forgotten the injustice meted out to Sikkim through the blockade during
the Gorkhaland agitation, and to make such statements against the
neighbouring state is an unfortunate thing and it shows Binay’s
political immaturity,” Mr Gurung added.
SNS
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