PRADIP LOHAGUN
KALIMPONG
31 Aug 2013
The final day of the Vidhyarthi Morcha’s
five-day leadership to the Gokhaland agitation ended here with a
cultural rally with thousands in participation. Dressed in traditional
attires, students marched through town shouting slogans while student
leaders Bhushan Tamang, Manohar Bhujel and GTA sabhashad Dawa Lepcha
delivered speeches after the rally.
Addressing the gathering, Bhujel, a
student of Kamal Jyoti School, accused the state government of indulging
in the politics of ‘divide and rule’ indicating at the Lepcha
Development Council. He appealed to the Lepcha community to come forward
and support the Gorkhaland agitation saying the Gorkhas and Lepchas are
blood brothers.
“Our Lepcha brethren must observe a
‘janata curfew’ when the chief minister visits Kalimpong to show support
to the movement,” appealed Bhujel.
He said no other administrative set-up
will be accepted by the students except for a separate state of
Gorkhaland. While condemning the police administration for rampantly
arresting GJM activists, he challenged them to arrest students.
Vidhyarthi Morcha leader Bhusan Tamang
accused Sikkim’s Lepcha community of politicising the LDC. He said, “The
Sikkim and Bengal governments will be responsible if communal clashes
take place here. Sikkimese Lepchas should not interfere with the demand
for Gorkhaland.”
On the other hand, GTA sabhashad Lepcha termed the current activities of the Lepcha community as being politically motivated.
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