GJM General Secretary set to meet CM on 24
Times of India
DARJEELING: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) party on Wednesday accepted Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's invitation for a meeting on March 24 in Kolkata to discuss the contagious issues putting in place a new administrative set up in the Hills. The chief minister had reportedly informed the GJM president about the meeting over phone. GJM chief Bimal Gurung, who is presently in Mirik to oversee the organisational set up of its party unit there, will leave for the city a day earlier on March 23.
"Our president was invited by the CM to sit for a meeting on March 24 in Kolkata and it has been accepted," said GJM general secretary Roshan Giri. Representatives of a four-member team, including Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri, will also take part in the meeting. Giri, however, refused to divulge the issues that would be discussed with the chief minister. But political observers feel GJM will put pressure on the state government for inclusion of new areas to the GTA, which would otherwise put the party in a spot of bother.
"Going by the recent stand of the GJM party to start a fresh agitation, it is clear that the invitation for the talk could be to diffuse any such event as the state government does not want fresh trouble," felt the observer. In a recent public meeting in Mungpoo, the GJM chief had publicly criticized the chief minister and also questioned her intentions. The state government's decision to hold elections to the GTA was not accepted by the GJM president, who is adamant that Nepali dominated areas of Terai and Dooars should be included.
In fact, GJM has put up a March 27 deadline to complete the process of including the new areas in the GTA, failing which he has warned of fresh agitation in the Hills and plains. A final decision will be taken in its central committee meeting. "The onus is now on the state government to avert any kind of unrest on the Hills as the Central government has already done its job of getting the President's assent to the GTA Bill," pointed out the observer.
Gurung has already declared that the party's four MLAs would be asked not to attend any legislative assembly sessions till the demand for inclusion of new areas were met. A series of rallies and publicmeetings along with padyatra's will also be organized from next month.
"Our president was invited by the CM to sit for a meeting on March 24 in Kolkata and it has been accepted," said GJM general secretary Roshan Giri. Representatives of a four-member team, including Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri, will also take part in the meeting. Giri, however, refused to divulge the issues that would be discussed with the chief minister. But political observers feel GJM will put pressure on the state government for inclusion of new areas to the GTA, which would otherwise put the party in a spot of bother.
"Going by the recent stand of the GJM party to start a fresh agitation, it is clear that the invitation for the talk could be to diffuse any such event as the state government does not want fresh trouble," felt the observer. In a recent public meeting in Mungpoo, the GJM chief had publicly criticized the chief minister and also questioned her intentions. The state government's decision to hold elections to the GTA was not accepted by the GJM president, who is adamant that Nepali dominated areas of Terai and Dooars should be included.
In fact, GJM has put up a March 27 deadline to complete the process of including the new areas in the GTA, failing which he has warned of fresh agitation in the Hills and plains. A final decision will be taken in its central committee meeting. "The onus is now on the state government to avert any kind of unrest on the Hills as the Central government has already done its job of getting the President's assent to the GTA Bill," pointed out the observer.
Gurung has already declared that the party's four MLAs would be asked not to attend any legislative assembly sessions till the demand for inclusion of new areas were met. A series of rallies and publicmeetings along with padyatra's will also be organized from next month.
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