The demand for a separate Gorkhaland is gaining momentum once again in Shailshahr. Now CPMO has joined there. That’s why the debate is intensifying. Because Bimal Gurung, Vinay Tamang, Ajay Edward and CPM District Secretary Saman Pathak were seen on the same stage in the Capitol Hall on Sunday. The demand for Gorkhaland was raised in that meeting. When Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was the Chief Minister, he had said on the issue of separate Gorkhaland, he wants a separate Gorkhaland. We Bengalis do not want partition. I was one, I will be one. There, it is considered very important for the CPM to go to the opposite pole.
So will the issue of separate Gorkhaland arise again? President of Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha, Anit Thapa said, ‘This is not the platform of Gorkhaland movement. It is a platform to abuse me. Election of Darjeeling Municipality President in Pahar today, on Monday. Before that such meeting is being considered as a new equation in hill politics. Now Anit Thapara is going to make the board. And then political experts believe that a big movement was started by raising the demand for Gorkhaland.
Why the sudden need for a new phase? Everyone made ‘Gorkha Swabhiman Manch’ on the platform of this day. Bimal Gurung said the Manch would agitate for a separate Gorkhaland state., ‘Gorkhaland is needed in the hills for the sake of Gorkhas. We will protest for that demand. But there will be no violent movement. Hamro Party President Ajay Edward said, ‘Gorkhaland movement should be based on intelligence. We have heard that North Bengal will be a separate state. It will harm the mountain.’ Binoy Tamang said, ‘This is our struggle to protect the honor of Gorkhas. We want Gorkhas to live with self-respect.
Is CPM supporting the demand for Gorkhaland? In this regard, Saman Pathak of CPM did not directly mention Gorkhaland but talked about the respect of Gorkhas. He said, ‘I was invited for the movement against the occupation of Purbord. so I went. We are not in favor of a separate state. We are against immoral politics. On the other hand, former mayor Ashok Bhattacharya said, ‘Our party has come together against the unethical occupation of the municipality in the hill. Our district secretary went. We have always been with the anti-Trinamool-BJP party. Anyone can say anything on the stage.” Alok Chakraborty, president of the Darjeeling District Trinamool Congress, said, “The BJP has joined hands with the Congress at some places, opposing the Left Trinamool. so it’s nothing new