PRADIP LOHAGUN
KALIMPONG
1 Sep 2013
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is
scheduled to visit Kalimpong on September 3 to accept the “bestower of
fortune” title from the Lepcha community. But it remains to be seen
whether the public will turn out in large numbers as the GJAC has called
its aghar bhitra janta’ (public remaining indoors) programme on the
same day.
Banerjee’s upcoming visit has been
preceded by the presence of a huge police force in town. The Thana Dara
area appeared like a police camp as the top brass, including North
Bengal IG S Pujari, Darjeeling Police Superintendent Kunal Agarwal and
Darjeeling Range Assistant Superintendent Javed Samim were all present
there.
Hundreds of policemen from Darjeeling, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and North Dinajpur were also seen parading in full regalia.
Pujari held a three-hour meeting in the
town hall with his colleagues and district administration officials on
the high profile visit. Security has been tightened heavily to prevent
any untoward incident during Banerjee’s stay here.
The IG also inspected the Mela Ground
premises where preparations for the programme are on. The felicitation
ceremony, being organised by the Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association,
is expected to be attended by 25,000-odd community members, according to
ILTA president LS Tamsang. Sources have said many Lepchas from faraway
regions will walk all the way to Mela Ground.
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