GJM leaders interact with media in Kurseong

KURSEONG

22 Oct 2013

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung and general secretary Roshan Giri today returned to Darjeeling from Guwahati ahead of the chief minister’s visit. The duo stopped at the Tourist Lodge in Kurseong where they interacted with reporters.

Gurung said a few people joining the TMC will not affect the influence his party commands in the hills. He claimed those who have joined the Trinamool belong to the GNLF and not his party.

Welcomed the CM’s visit to Darjeeling, the GJM chief said it is her duty to visit the hills and remain updated on the problems prevailing here. She can visit Darjeeling whenever she wants to, he said, adding the three MLAs from the Darjeeling hills will meet Banerjee during her stay here.

Gurung added he will camp in Kurseong from October 28 to reorganise party units.

Darjeeling MLA Trilok Dewan, who was on his way back from Kolkata after meeting All India TMC general secretary Mukul Roy, also stopped at the Tourist Lodge and interacted with reporters there.

He said he highlighted several issues pertaining to Darjeeling and also discussed about the GTA members, GJM activists presently under arrest and the transfer of departments, among other issues. Dewan said the general secretary appreciated the decision of the GJM chief to discuss the statehood issue through dialogues. He said Roy has fixed a meeting between GJM leaders and the chief minister on October 25, adding the TMC general secretary wants the GJM chief to head the GTA once again as the chief executive.