PRADIP LOHAGUN
KALIMPONG
2 Sep 2013
Hills
Trinamool leader Chewang Bhutia today said there is no opposition to
the question of identity, but rues the absence of a sincere and proper
leadership to the ongoing agitation. He said it is due to the absence of
a sincere leadership that he chose to work for the betterment of the
Hills through the TMC. Bhutia was present at Kalimpong main road
preparing to welcome chief minister Mamata Bannerjee as he interacted
with journalists. He added nobody in the Hills opposes the idea of a
separate state.
Pointing at the GJM, the TMC leader
said, “The leaders of the agitation are making people fools and
bargaining only for money. We support the question of identity. We are
not opposing Gorkhaland, but since we didn’t find a sincere leadership,
we joined the TMC.”
Bhutia also rubbished allegations that
the Hills TMC is trying to gain political leverage from the upcoming
programme of the Lepchas. He said, “We are party workers. We are putting
up party flags since the party chief is coming. The question of
political gains doesn’t arise.”
The TMC leader further said the chief
minister’s visit to Kalimpong during a vulnerable time reflects her
sincere effort to spread the message of peace and harmony. “We are all
brothers. We all want to live in harmony, but the party leading the
agitation and its leadership has no legitimacy. They don’t even have a
strong issue to pursue. Their programmes and ideas both reek of
weakness,” he said, adding, “The GJM leadership is trying to fool the
people by promising to scrap the GTA.”
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