PRADIP LOHAGUN
KALIMPONG
10 Sep 2013
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India Gorkha League general secretary Pratap Khati today told the media
the Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee leadership lacks capability,
discipline and honesty.
He said even the people are
enthusiastically supporting the demand for statehood, but the lack of
directional leadership is leading them nowhere.
“The leaders can do nothing by just
showing masses of people. We have seen a lack of able leadership to
channel the enthusiasm of the people. It is because of the lack of
leadership the dream of Gorkhaland has not come true,” claimed Khati.
Commenting on the Gorkha Janmukti
Morcha, he said, “The absence of able leadership has led to stereotyped
programmes being staged at such a crucial moment. There are several
incidents where the actions of the leaders have aroused deep doubts. The
month-long bandh was out of bounds for the NHPC and the cinchona and
tea industries to ensure funds kept rolling in. They (GJM) kept those
areas closed that were causing trouble to the common man. I believe they
are trying to exhaust the people’s energy so as to relinquish the
statehood demand eventually.”
According to Khati, the outright
rejection of the GTA will instead strengthen the demand for Gorkhaland.
He said, “We have been continuously appealing to the GJM to abrogate the
GTA. They can give up the GTA and show it did not work out for the
people of the hills. But I cannot understand why they are trying to beat
around the bush.”
He added there is no question of statehood unless the GTA is rejected.
The ABGL general secretary further said
if the GJM had not accepted the GTA, there might have been greater
chances for the approval of Gorkhaland along with Telangana.
“We should resign from the GTA to make
the government announce fresh elections. We should then resign en masse
after the elections to frustrate the government,” opined Khati.
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