| VIVEK CHHETRI | ||
Darjeeling, Feb. 7: The rivals of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha have geared up their revival activities as prospects of the government implementing the new administrative arrangement for the hills by March 27 seem dim. The deadline was set by Morcha chief Bimal Gurung but with the territory issue yet to be sorted out, chances of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) coming into force by next month is almost impossible. Under the circumstances, the GNLF has decided to hold a public meeting in Mirik on February 26 to garner support for the Sixth Schedule status for the hills. Party president Subash Ghisingh will be present at the meeting — to be his first public address after the Assembly elections. He had attended a public meeting before the elections. The Gorkhaland Task Force, a conglomerate of five outfits opposed to the Morcha, has revved up a campaign for statehood. The GTF members — the ABGL, CPRM, GNLF(C), Gorkhaland Rashtriya Nirman Morcha and the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisang — are currently meeting MPs and MLAs in the Northeast, seeking support for the formation of a separate state, an activity that has been bothering Morcha chief Bimal Gurung. He had come down heavily on the GTF yesterday in Kalimpong, accusing its members of being in touch with the Maoists. He also said his rivals were opposing the GTA only for the sake of opposing it. Arjun Rai, the convener of the GNLF’s Mirik unit, today said: “We have decided to hold a public meeting in Mirik on February 26 and our party president Subash Ghisingh is expected to be present. He will announce the party’s future course of action in support of the implementation of the Sixth Schedule status in the hills.” Ghisingh, who had been hounded out of the hills by the Morcha in 2008, returned on April 8, 2011. The very next day, he headed for Mirik to attend an election meeting — the only public meeting he had addressed — to drum up support for the three party candidates. Following clashes between Morcha and GNLF supporters at Sonada after the election results were announced, Ghisingh had quietly slipped out of the hills under the cover of darkness on May 16, 2011. A section of GNLF supporters, however, feels that Ghisingh who now stays in Jalpaiguri may come to reside permanently in the hills when he comes up to address the public meeting. On the other hand, in the GTF camp, a team met P.A. Sangma, the NCP leader and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha at his residence at Tura in Meghalaya yesterday. Chhatrey Subba, the chief of the Gorkha Liberation Organisation, also appears to have plans to revive his political activities after nearly 10 years. Gurung has been wary of the 71-year-old Gorkha leader, who is known to be against any form of autonomy, even the GTA, and is a staunch supporter of Gorkhaland. The Morcha has threatened to re-launch the agitation for statehood if the government fails to implement the GTA by March 27. Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri said his party was not worried about the GNLF demand for the Sixth Schedule status for the hills. He said governor M.K. Narayanan has assured the party of all possible help for the early implementation of the GTA. “The governor has promised to speak to the President during their scheduled meeting on February 15,” said Giri, who met Narayanan at the Darjeeling Raj Bhavan this evening. The GTA Bill is awaiting the President’s approval. Sibchu meeting The Morcha will hold a prayer meeting at Sibchu tomorrow after a 12-km run from Nagrakata, reports our Jalpaiguri correspondent. Party members will pay tribute to Morcha supporters “who laid down their lives” for Gorkhaland at the meeting. The rebel faction of the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad led by John Barla will also participate in the meeting. The Jalpaiguri district administration has granted permission to the Morcha to hold the run. But police are unaware of the public meeting to be addressed by Gurung. “The police will be deployed along NH31 from Chulsa to Nagrakata and we have granted them permission for the run. But we have no information about the public meeting. We have appealed to everyone to maintain peace,” said Arindam Sarkar, the subdivisional police officer of Malbazar.(Telegraph) |
शिक्षक प्रमुखको लापारवाहीको कारण बेहाल अवस्थामा चम्पामाया प्रथमिक पाठशाला
पहाड़को प्रथमिक पाठशालाहरु एका एक बन्द हुनुमा सरकार पक्ष दोषी छ कि शिक्षक-शिक्षिकाहरुको लापारवाही? किन दार्जीलिङ पहाड़को शैक्षिक स्तर दिनोदिन खस्किन्दै गइरहेको छ? प्रथमिक शिक्षा बाल-बालिकाहरुको निम्ति महत्तवपूर्ण हुँदा-हुँदै पनि किन आजसम्म पहाड़को शिक्षा व्यवस्थामा सुधार आउन सकिरहेको छैन?
राजनीति गर्दिनँ भन्नु पनि अर्को राजनीति होः हर्कबहादुर छेत्री
मेरो अधिकारक्षेत्रभित्र पाँच बर्षको लागि जनताको हितको काम गर् भनेर मलाई भोट हालेको हो नि। मलाई थाहा छ यसले जनताको धेरै हित हुन्छ। यसले जनताको हितसँगै पार्टीको पनि हित हुन्छ, आन्दोलनलाई पनि सहयोग पुर्याउँछ भनेपछि एकदम निसंकोच भनेर अघि बढ्न सक्छु म। म त्यही काम गर्दैछु।
बघिनी फेरि पुरानै खोरमा
‘समयले मानिसलाई कहाँ कहाँ पुर्याउँछ,,,,,,’ कुनै समय रेडियो नेपालबाट बजिरहने यो चर्चित गीतले मान्छेको जीवनमा प्रणयसम्बन्धको आरोह अवरोहले पार्ने प्रभावलाई सुन्दर ढंगले व्याख्या गरेको छ। यो लोकप्रिय गीतको यही एक हरफ कुनै राजनीतिकर्मीको जीवनसँग गाँसेर हेर्दा के उत्तर पाइएला?
साहित्य अनि सर्जकलाई माया गर्ने घिसिङ
80 को दशकमा देशभरिका गोर्खाहरूलाई जातित्वको भावना उत्पन्न गराउने प्रथम नेता सुवास घिसिङको निधनले अहिले घड़ी सम्पूर्ण दार्जीलिङ पहाड़ नै स्तब्ध बनेको छ। गोर्खाहरूका हित अनि अस्तित्वका निम्ति छुट्टै राज्यको बहस लिएर सुवास धिसिङले त्यसताक पहाड़का प्रत्येक गाँऊहरूको भ्रमण गरेका थिए। 22 जुन 1936 सालमा मिरिकको मञ्जु चियाबगानमा जन्म लिएरका सुवास घिसिङले आफ्नो तर्क राख्न एकलै जनसभा गर्थे। घिसिङले सम्पूर्ण गोर्खाहरूलाई एकै शुत्रमा बाँध्न "गोर्खाल्याण्ड" शब्दको जन्म गरेका थिए।
निराश छन् विधायक डा. छेत्री
“बजट सत्रमा के कुराहरू उठान गर्नु पर्ने भन्नेबारे हामीले जीटीएबाट कहिले फिडब्याक पाएका छैनौं” डा छेत्रीले भने। डा हर्कबहादुर छेत्री मोर्चाका प्रवक्ता हुन् अनि कालेबुङका जनप्रतिनिधि। दुइवटा महत्वपूर्ण पदमा बसेका डा छेत्रीलाई अहिलेसम्म जीटीएको बैठकमा निम्ताइएको छैन, पार्टीको राजनैतिक लाइनबारे उनीसँग चर्चा र छलफल नगरिएको त झन कति भयो, उनैलाई हेक्का छैन।
8 Feb 2012
GTA delay spurs campaign race in hills
Rivals challenge Gurung on Maoist slur -‘Prove camp claim or withdraw remarks’
| RAJEEV RAVIDAS | ||
Kalimpong, Feb. 7: The Opposition parties have challenged Bimal Gurung to provide concrete evidence on the existence of underground training camps in the hills or withdraw statements to that effect as “baseless” allegations could vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the region. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president had said here yesterday that his political opponents were conducting underground training camps and were hobnobbing with Maoists in Kalimpong. He hinted that the camps were run by the Gorkhaland Task Force, an anti-Morcha forum comprising the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisang, ABGL, CPRM, GNLF (C) and the Gorkha Rashtriya Nirman Morcha. Munish Tamang, the GTF secretary, said in a press release that the “unfounded” statement of the Morcha only proved that its politics was based on lies and deceptions. “The Gorkhas have seen through the doublespeak of the Morcha that still talks about the GTA (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration) as well as Gorkhaland in the same breath. The statement also shows that the party is now bereft of ideas and meaningful issues and is thus trying to divert public attention from its visible failures on all fronts.” “The GTF challenges Shri Bimal Gurung to come out with concrete evidence to back his claims about the GTF receiving illegal underground training or else withdraw his statement and desist from making statements that vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the hills,” he said. The GTF said Gurung’s claim about the training camps is “all the more laughable” as everybody knows “which party or organisation is capable of sparking violence” in the hills. According to Tamang, the GTF is an alliance of well-known political and social organisations as well as prominent individuals who are committed to the creation of Gorkhaland. “All organisations that are part of the Task Force have a long, unblemished track record of dedicated service to the Gorkha society. No partner in the GTF is on any record for involvement in random violence,” he said. The GTF pooh-poohed Gurung’s plea that he was free to lead the movement for a separate state as it was not he but Morcha secretary Roshan Giri who had signed the GTA agreement. “The Morcha secretary signed the agreement on behalf of the party and with the full consent of the president. If indeed, as the statement of the party president suggests, the secretary signed against the wishes of the party and the president, then the GJM should expel Roshan Giri from the party, make an unequivocal statement for Gorkhaland and join the GTF to unitedly fight for the creation of a separate state for India’s Gorkhas,” reads the GTF statement. Former GNLF leader Chhatrey Subba, who was at the receiving end of Gurung’s verbal attack yesterday, also attacked the Morcha chief. Subba accused Gurung of settling for the GTA by hoodwinking the people. “So many people have died; didn’t they all die for Gorkhaland? Why can’t he (Gurung) accept Gorkhaland when he enjoys so much support,” he said. Subba said he was willing to lead the agitation for Gorkhaland if the people wanted him to. “If I get the support, I will definitely lead the Gorkhaland agitation. If I don’t get the support, I can’t do anything,” he said, adding that he was open to the idea of heading the movement under the banner of the Gorkhaland Liberation Organisation (GLO) or any other forum acceptable to the people. The GLO was formed by Subba after he fell out with GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh.(Telegraph) |
7 Feb 2012
आफूलाई जेलमुक्त गर्न मोर्चाको कुनै भुमिका नरहेको-छत्रे
7 फरवरी(कालेबुङ):- गोर्खाल्याण्ड र जीटीएको मुद्दालाई केन्द्र गरी पहाडका राजनैतिक दलहरुले एका आपसमा आरोप प्रत्यारोपको हिलोछेपाई शुरु गरेका छन। एकातिर मोर्चाले यहाँका विपक्षी दलहरुबारे कटु शब्दमा टिप्पणी गरेको छ भने अन्य दलहरुले पनि मोर्चाको विरोधमा मुख खोल्न थालेका छन। मोर्चा अध्यक्ष बिमल गुरुङले पहाडमा चारवटा राजनैतिक दलहरुले भागोपको पहलमा खडा गरेको गोर्खाल्याण्ड टास्क फोर्सको उद्देश्य र कार्यशैलीबारे कटु टिप्पणी गरेका छन। उनले यस राजनैतिक मञ्चका कार्यकर्ताहरुले भुमिगत ढंगले प्रशिक्षण लिई रहेको आरोप लगाएका छन। गुरुङले अलग राज्यका पक्षधर मानिने छत्रे सुब्बाबारे पनि टिका टिप्पणी गरेका छन। उनले छ्त्रे सुब्बालाई जेलमुक्त गर्न मुख्य मंत्रीसँग स्वयले कुरा गरेको दाबी गर्दै छत्रेको नेतृत्वमा अलग राज्यको आन्दोलन सम्भव नहुने ठोकुवा गरेका छन।यता, बिमल गुरुङको टिप्पणीबारे आफ्नो प्रतिक्रिया ब्यक्त गर्दै छत्रे सुब्बाले आफूलाई जेलमुक्त गर्न मोर्चाको कुनै भुमिका नरहेको बताएका छन। उनले आफू आज पनि गोर्खाल्याण्डको निम्ति कटिबद्ध रहेको बताउँदै मोर्चाले जीटीएमा सम्झौता गरेर यस मुद्दालाई ओझेल पारेको बताए।
अर्कोतिर, गोर्खाल्याण्ड टास्क फोर्सका संयोजक डा एनोशदास प्रधानले पनि गुरुङले लगाएको आरोपको खण्डन गरेका छन।
GORKHALAND TASK FORCE IS NOT ENGAGED IN UNDERGROUND MILITARY TRAINING-Munish Tamang
February 6, 2012:
The Gorkhaland Task Force vehemently refutes and strongly condemns the statement of the GJM president that the Gorkhaland Task Force is engaged in underground military training to create violence in the hills and to target the GJM leadership.
At the outset, the Gorkhaland Task Force is an alliance of well-known political and social organisations as well as prominent individuals who are committed to the creation of Gorkhaland. It includes the oldest political party of the hills as well as the district units of national parties such as the Congress and the BJP. All organisations that are part of the Task Force have a long, unblemished track record of dedicated service to the Gorkha Society. No partner in the GTF is on any record for involvement in random violence.
The said statement of Shri Bimal Gurung is all the more laughable since most concerned quarters, including government authorities, are aware which party or organization is capable of sparking violence in the hills. In fact his naming of CPRM General Secretary RB Rai and GTF Coordinator R Moktan in his statement is, in itself, implicit of a political threat.
The unfounded statement of the GJM only proves that the politics of the GJM party is based on lies and deceptions. The Gorkhas have seen through the doublespeak of GJM that still talks about the GTA as well as Gorkhaland in the same breath. The statement also shows that the party is now bereft of ideas and meaningful issues and is thus trying to divert public attention from its visible failures on all fronts.
The Gorkhaland Task Force challenges Shri Bimal Gurung to come out with concrete evidence to back his claims about the GTF receiving illegal underground training or else withdraw his statement and desist from making statements that vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the hills.
The GTF also thinks that it is ridiculous of the GJM president to plead that it was not he but the general secretary who signed the GTA Agreement and was, therefore, free to lead the movement for a separate state. The GJM General Secretary signed the agreement on behalf of the Party and with the full consent of the President. If indeed, as the statement of the party president suggests, the General Secretary signed against the wishes of the party and the president, then the GJM should expel Shri Roshan Giri from the party, make an unequivocal statement for Gorkhaland and join the Gorkhaland Task Force to unitedly fight for the creation of a separate state for India’s Gorkhas.
The Gorkhaland Task Force vehemently refutes and strongly condemns the statement of the GJM president that the Gorkhaland Task Force is engaged in underground military training to create violence in the hills and to target the GJM leadership.
At the outset, the Gorkhaland Task Force is an alliance of well-known political and social organisations as well as prominent individuals who are committed to the creation of Gorkhaland. It includes the oldest political party of the hills as well as the district units of national parties such as the Congress and the BJP. All organisations that are part of the Task Force have a long, unblemished track record of dedicated service to the Gorkha Society. No partner in the GTF is on any record for involvement in random violence.
The said statement of Shri Bimal Gurung is all the more laughable since most concerned quarters, including government authorities, are aware which party or organization is capable of sparking violence in the hills. In fact his naming of CPRM General Secretary RB Rai and GTF Coordinator R Moktan in his statement is, in itself, implicit of a political threat.
The unfounded statement of the GJM only proves that the politics of the GJM party is based on lies and deceptions. The Gorkhas have seen through the doublespeak of GJM that still talks about the GTA as well as Gorkhaland in the same breath. The statement also shows that the party is now bereft of ideas and meaningful issues and is thus trying to divert public attention from its visible failures on all fronts.
The Gorkhaland Task Force challenges Shri Bimal Gurung to come out with concrete evidence to back his claims about the GTF receiving illegal underground training or else withdraw his statement and desist from making statements that vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the hills.
The GTF also thinks that it is ridiculous of the GJM president to plead that it was not he but the general secretary who signed the GTA Agreement and was, therefore, free to lead the movement for a separate state. The GJM General Secretary signed the agreement on behalf of the Party and with the full consent of the President. If indeed, as the statement of the party president suggests, the General Secretary signed against the wishes of the party and the president, then the GJM should expel Shri Roshan Giri from the party, make an unequivocal statement for Gorkhaland and join the Gorkhaland Task Force to unitedly fight for the creation of a separate state for India’s Gorkhas.
