kalimpong
28 Sep 2013
The GJM’s decision to revive the GTA has
given rise to confusion and discontent both among the general public
and within the GJAC.
Binay Tamang’s appointment as the GTA
chief executive is also receiving negative comments on social networking
sites. Statehood aspirants have expressed fear that the GJM may shelve
the Gorkhaland agitaion and stick with running the GTA’s affairs.
However, Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh president and GJAC spokesperson Dr.
Enos Das Pradhan has expressed faith in the Morcha saying the
appointment of a new chief executive doesn’t necessarily mean a
full-fledged revival of the GTA.
Speaking to journalists in Kalimpong
today, Pradhan said appointing a new chief executive was a political and
legal compulsion for the GJM and that it would not be just to question
the party’s sincerity regarding the statehood demand so soon.
“The GJM has promised us of appointing a
chief executing and then keep the setup dysfunctional after passing a
resolution on Gorkhaland,” he said.
The Morcha must now focus on scrapping
the GTA failing which it would be a huge betrayal to the GJAC and the
general public, observed Pradhan.
GJAC constituents including the CPRM and
BGP want the GJM to pass the resolution on Gorkhaland in the very first
meeting of the new GTA Sabha.
The GJAC spokesperson acknowledged that
the absence of a proper code of conduct in the joint platform has given
constituents the leeway to act independently, but he said a fitting code
of conduct will be adopted in the September 30 meeting.
Pradhan further noted that the absence
of a code of conduct resulted in only GJM representatives being present
at a seminar in Delhi held recently, giving an impression of disunity in
the GJAC.
With pressure mounting on the GJM after
it announced Tamang as the new GTA chief executive, the GJAC meeting
scheduled on September 30 stands on a crucial juncture. Crucial matters
will be up for discussion that day including the adoption of a code of
conduct.
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