PRADIP LOHAGUN
KALIMPONG
6 Sep 2013
Hills Trinamool Congress leader Nanita
Gautam today vented her anger at pro-Gorkhaland supporters who allegedly
burnt TMC party flags put up at several places during chief minister
Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Kalimpong.
She said, “Burning our party flag is a
shameful act. We do not expect such acts under the leadership of a group
led by well-educated people. Even the agitation period led by Bimal
Gurung did not witness such incidents.”
The hill TMC women’s wing president said
she suspects some antisocial elements are trying to spread violence by
engaging in such activities. “Those spearheading the agitation should
resolve the matter, but who knows, maybe the leaders themselves are
inciting violence,” she pronounced.
Gautam also claimed the TMC hills unit
does not oppose the formation of Gorkhaland even as she refrained from
openly opposing the anti-Gorkhaland statements the chief minister made
on her visit to Kalimpong.
She said, “Whatever the CM said was her
personal views. This was not the first instance of her voicing
opposition to the formation of Gorkhaland. Gorkhaland is the voice and
demand of the people and the hills TMC does not oppose it. We joined
this party only to save the hills from falling into the abyss of
corruption.”
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