चुनाउपछि पनि पहाड़मा शान्ति बहाली हुनुपर्छ-भागोप
मनोज बोगटी, कालिमन्युज, कालेबुङ,14 अप्रेल । चुनाउ त बितेर जान्छ तर त्यसपछि पहाड़मा पुरानै अशान्ति फर्किए आउने त्रास अहिले पहाड़का नागरिकहरूमा देखिन थालेको छ। मुख्यगरी गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चा अनि गोर्खा राष्ट्रिय मुक्ति मोर्चाबीच सङ्घर्ष हुनसक्ने अनुमान सबैले गरिरहेका छन्। विधानसभा चुनाउलाई ताक पारेर खेदाइएका गोरामुमो नेताहरू पहाड़ छिर्नु अहिले गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चालाई सह्य भएको छैन। मोर्चाले जनतालाई 21 वर्ष शोषण गर्ने अनि जनताको आकांक्षा विरोधी कार्य गर्ने गोरामुमो दल र दलका नेताहरूको पहाड़वासले गोर्खाल्याण्डको मुद्दालाई हानी पुग्ने मात्र होइन आन्दोलनकारीहरूलाई विभाजन गरेर अशान्ति मच्चाउने आरोप लगाइन थालेको छ। मिरिकमा मोर्चा अध्यक्ष विमल गुरूङबाट 18 अप्रेलपछि घिसिङलाई जनतालाई घेराउ गर्न लगाएर पहाड़बाट लखेट्ने आशयको मन्तव्य आएपछि सबैले नै चुनाउपछि छर्लङ्ग हुने गरी अशान्ति देखीरहेका छन्। अनुमानित अशान्तिलाई केन्द्र गर्दै अहिलेदेखि नै भारतीय गोर्खा परिसङ्घले दलहरूलाई शान्ति कायम राखिदिने अपील गर्न शुरू गरेको छ।
भागोपका पक्षमा सल्लाहकार आर.मोक्तानले भने, शिक्षित समाजलाई हुनसक्ने अशान्तिको भय छ। अशान्ति पहाड़को सबैक्षेत्रको निम्ति हानिकारक हो। आफ्नै दाजुभाईको घर भत्काउने, जलाउने, कुटाकुट गर्ने, खेदाउने राजनैतिक चरित्र सभ्य समजको उदाहरण होइन। राजनीतिले असभ्य मानसिकताको विकास गर्नु हुँदैन। आफ्नैहरूबीच हिंसा हुने संकेत आउन थालिएको छ। चुनाउ लड्न गणतान्त्रिक अधिकार हुनसक्छ, राजनीति गर्न पनि गणतान्त्रिक अधिकार नै हुनसक्छ यसकारण गणतन्त्रलाई राजनैतिक दलहरूले कदर गरेन भने राजनीतिले राम्रो समाजलाई विकृतिको दिशामा डोहोर्याउँछ। यसकारण चुनाउपछि पहाड़मा शान्ति कायम राख्न सबैदल र सभ्य नागरिक समाजको प्रयास हुनुपर्छ। चुनाउलाई ध्यानमा राखेर शान्ति कायम राख्ने कार्य प्रशासनिकरूपले भइरहेको छ। चुनाउपछि पनि यसलाई कायम राखिनुपर्छ। नागरिकको अधिकार र गणतन्त्रको कुरा गर्ने दलहरूले यसको कदर पनि गर्न सक्नपर्छ। यसकारण सबै मिलेर छुट्टैराज्य हुनुपर्ने जनताको आकांक्षालाई सम्बोधन गरियोस्।
भागोपका पक्षमा सल्लाहकार आर.मोक्तानले भने, शिक्षित समाजलाई हुनसक्ने अशान्तिको भय छ। अशान्ति पहाड़को सबैक्षेत्रको निम्ति हानिकारक हो। आफ्नै दाजुभाईको घर भत्काउने, जलाउने, कुटाकुट गर्ने, खेदाउने राजनैतिक चरित्र सभ्य समजको उदाहरण होइन। राजनीतिले असभ्य मानसिकताको विकास गर्नु हुँदैन। आफ्नैहरूबीच हिंसा हुने संकेत आउन थालिएको छ। चुनाउ लड्न गणतान्त्रिक अधिकार हुनसक्छ, राजनीति गर्न पनि गणतान्त्रिक अधिकार नै हुनसक्छ यसकारण गणतन्त्रलाई राजनैतिक दलहरूले कदर गरेन भने राजनीतिले राम्रो समाजलाई विकृतिको दिशामा डोहोर्याउँछ। यसकारण चुनाउपछि पहाड़मा शान्ति कायम राख्न सबैदल र सभ्य नागरिक समाजको प्रयास हुनुपर्छ। चुनाउलाई ध्यानमा राखेर शान्ति कायम राख्ने कार्य प्रशासनिकरूपले भइरहेको छ। चुनाउपछि पनि यसलाई कायम राखिनुपर्छ। नागरिकको अधिकार र गणतन्त्रको कुरा गर्ने दलहरूले यसको कदर पनि गर्न सक्नपर्छ। यसकारण सबै मिलेर छुट्टैराज्य हुनुपर्ने जनताको आकांक्षालाई सम्बोधन गरियोस्।
मोर्चाको चुनावी घोषणापत्रमा कुनैलबारीको निम्ति पनि- पर्चापट्टाको माग गरिएको छ-दातडुप्लान्टेशन लेवर युनियन
मनोज बोगटी, कालिमन्युज, कालेबुङ,14 अप्रेल । गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चाको चुनावी घोषणापत्रमा सिन्कोनाबारीको समस्यालाई उल्लेख नगरिएको भनेर विभिन्न खेमाद्वारा लगाइएको आरोप असान्दर्भिक रहेको दार्जीलिङ, तराई, डुवर्स प्लान्टेशन लेवर युनियनले जनाएको छ। सिन्कोनाबारीका श्रमिकहरूले पाउनुपर्ने सहुलियतहरूलाई अहिले सुचारू गरिएको अनि अब श्रमिकको हीतमा गर्नुपर्ने काम भनेको नै खेतल्याण्ड रहेको जनाउँदै युनियनका उपाध्यक्ष सन्तोष खवासले भने, सिन्कोना उद्योगलाई मरासन्न अवस्थाबाट अहिले माथि उठाइएको छ। अहिले श्रमिकहरूको अधिकारलाई सुनिश्चित गर्ने प्रक्रिया तीब्र छ। श्रमिकहरूले बद्ली पाइरहेका थिएनन् भने अहिले यो समस्याको समाधान गर्ने कार्यलाई पनि जारी राखिएको छ। श्रमिकको हकहीत सुनिश्चित गर्नको निम्ति बगानमा प्रशासनिक व्यवस्थालाई उन्नतशील बनाइनुपर्थ्यो, त्यो काम पनि भइरहेको छ। अब गरिनुपर्ने काम भनेको नै पर्चापट्टा सुनिश्चित गरिनु हो।
मोर्चाको चुनावी घोषणापत्रमा पर्चापट्टाको कुरा उल्लेख गरिएकोले त्यो सिन्कोना बगानका श्रमिकहरूले पाउनुपर्ने पर्चापट्टाको पनि कुरा हो। पर्चापट्टा दिलाइने घोषणापत्रमा उल्लेख गरिएको छ, त्यो सिन्कोनाको निम्ति पनि हो। यसकारण पर्चापट्टाको कुरा आएकोले घोषणापत्रले सिन्कोनाबगानका श्रमिकहरूलाई पनि सम्बोधन गरिएको बुझ्नुपर्छ। यसमा अन्योलता उपार्जन गरेर श्रमिकहरूमा गलत मानसिकताको विकास गर्ने शक्तिहरू सक्रिय रहेका छन्। श्रमिकहरू उनीहरूको कुरामा आउनु हुँदैन। तिनले मोर्चा आएपछि उद्योगलाई व्यवस्थित गर्न सिन्कोना डाइरेक्टोरेटको निम्ति विद्रोह गरिएको अनि मागे अनुसारको बगानले निदेशक पाएको बताउँदै, मोर्चा आएर बगानलाई बन्द हुनबाट बँचाउन मात्र होइन श्रमिकहरूलाई बद्ली दिलाउन सक्षम बनेको पनि बताए। तिनले प्रोमोशनको कार्य पनि भइरहेको बताउँदै खेती नभएका जमीनमा खेती लगाएर उत्पादनमा वृद्दि गर्दै श्रमिक भर्नाको प्रक्रिया अघि बढ़ाएको बताउँदै तिनले भने, 6 सयले बद्ली पाइसके।
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मोर्चाको चुनावी घोषणापत्रमा पर्चापट्टाको कुरा उल्लेख गरिएकोले त्यो सिन्कोना बगानका श्रमिकहरूले पाउनुपर्ने पर्चापट्टाको पनि कुरा हो। पर्चापट्टा दिलाइने घोषणापत्रमा उल्लेख गरिएको छ, त्यो सिन्कोनाको निम्ति पनि हो। यसकारण पर्चापट्टाको कुरा आएकोले घोषणापत्रले सिन्कोनाबगानका श्रमिकहरूलाई पनि सम्बोधन गरिएको बुझ्नुपर्छ। यसमा अन्योलता उपार्जन गरेर श्रमिकहरूमा गलत मानसिकताको विकास गर्ने शक्तिहरू सक्रिय रहेका छन्। श्रमिकहरू उनीहरूको कुरामा आउनु हुँदैन। तिनले मोर्चा आएपछि उद्योगलाई व्यवस्थित गर्न सिन्कोना डाइरेक्टोरेटको निम्ति विद्रोह गरिएको अनि मागे अनुसारको बगानले निदेशक पाएको बताउँदै, मोर्चा आएर बगानलाई बन्द हुनबाट बँचाउन मात्र होइन श्रमिकहरूलाई बद्ली दिलाउन सक्षम बनेको पनि बताए। तिनले प्रोमोशनको कार्य पनि भइरहेको बताउँदै खेती नभएका जमीनमा खेती लगाएर उत्पादनमा वृद्दि गर्दै श्रमिक भर्नाको प्रक्रिया अघि बढ़ाएको बताउँदै तिनले भने, 6 सयले बद्ली पाइसके।
2008 देखि प्रोमोशन पनि भइरहेको छ। हुन नसकेको कुरा केवल खेतल्याण्ड थियो, त्यसको निम्ति मोर्चाले घोषणापत्रमा पर्चापट्टा दिलाउने सम्बन्धमा कार्य गर्ने बताइसकेको छ। सिन्कोनाको उल्लेख नभएको भनेर कोही पनि भ्रममा पर्नु हुँदैन। तिनले अघिको रोजको तुलनामा श्रमिकहरूको रोज अहिले 127 दैनिक पुगेको पनि बताए।
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गान्तोक, अप्रेल 14: नेपाली साहित्य परिषद्ले पहिलो नेपाली साल वा वैशाखीको दिन वसन्त पर्व पालन गर्ने परम्पराको थाल्नी गरेर प्रशंसनीय कार्य गरेको छ,यसैले अब राज्य सरकारले पर्यटन विकासको रुपमा प्रत्येक वर्ष नै नेपाली नयॉं सालको दिन वसन्त पर्वको रुपमा यसलाई पालन गर्ने घोषणा गर्दछ।
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यो कुरो मुख्य मन्त्री पवन चामलिङले आज यहॉंको एम.जी. मार्गमा खचाखच भएको भीड़माझ यो कुरोको घोषणा गरे।उनले नेपालका सन् 1960-70 दशकका प्रसिद्ध गायक प्रेमध्वज प्रधानको विशेष उल्लेख गर्दै उनले गाएका घुम्तीमा नआऊ है आँखा तिमी जुझाउन भन्ने जस्ता मीठा, रसिला गीतहरू गाएको जनाए, तथा उनले भोलि सरकारी महाविद्यालयको अडिटोरियममा ऐतिहासिकरुपले आफ्नो प्रस्तुति पनि दिने कुरो जनाए।मुख्यमन्त्री चामलिङले सिक्किममा गायक प्रेमध्वजको हार्दिक स्वागत आफ्नो सम्भाषणमा पेश गर्दै उनीसितै आएका नेपालका गायिका जुनु रिजाल, रामचन्द्र काफ्ले, दार्जीलिङबाट आएकी गायिका डेजी बराइली, थुप्देन भोटिया कलाकारहरूको पनि स्वागत गरे।
उनले नेपाली नयॉं वर्ष 2068 को शुभकामना दिंदै यो साललाई पनि चुनौतिको रुपमा लिनु पर्छ तथा हामी सबैले आफ्नो लक्ष्यलाई लिएर संकल्प गर्नु पर्छ तथा असल कार्यहरू गर्नु पर्दछ भने।
हामी पवित्र क्रान्तिमा उत्रिएका छौं भन्दै सिक्किममा2015 सम्म गरीबीमुक्त राज्य बनाउने लक्ष्च आदि रहेको जनाए।त्यसका लागि यहॉंको साधनहरू, पर्यटनहरूको विकास र जीवनमा उद्यमशील कार्यहरू गर्नुमा उनको सरकारले विशेष पाइला चालिरहेको जनाए।
यस अघि नेपाली, भोटिया, लेप्चाको पारम्पारिक नाच एवं सांस्कृतिक कार्यक्रमले वातावरण खूबै रमाइलो बनाएको थियो।तर बीचैमा हावा बतास र पानी परेकोले खुल्ला मञ्च वा महात्मा गॉंधीको मनोरम उद्यानमा आयोजित गरिएको कार्यक्रममा केही अड़चन आएको थियो, तथापि केही क्षणपछि दिन उघ्रेपछि फेरि कार्यक्रम चालु भएको थियो।(Source & Photo: Bijay Bantawa)
गान्तोकमा कवि गोष्ठीसितै वैशाखी पर्व प्रारम्भ
Though a section of Congress supporters was not pleased with Mr Gandhi's speech, the GJMM supporters expressed their happiness over his confidence to throw out the CPI(M)-led government from the state.
A senior leader of the GJMM-backed tea plantation workers’ union, Mr Harihar Acharya, said: “We want to bring about a change in West Bengal to restore democracy. After the Sipchu incident, in which three persons were killed in police firing, it has been well-established that there is no democracy in West Bengal. As a result we have decided to join the rally of Mr Gandhi and extend our support to the Congress-Trinamul Congress alliance here.”
“We hope Mr Gandhi would take the initiative to adopt a resolution in the next tripartite meeting related to formation of a regional authority in the Hills after the election and would support to add the Terai and the Dooars to our ultimate goal of Gorkhaland,” he added.
The Congress's youth icon also impressed students and youths from the Hills. A Class VII student from Hatighisa, Ajoy Tamang, who joined the rally waving the GJMM flag, said: “I have come here to welcome Mr Rahul Gandhi and to hear what he says about Gorkhaland.”
A Class XII student, Miss Sangita Lama, and her friends were also impressed by Mr Gandhi’s appeal to bring about a change in the state. “He is a nice man and always supports Aam Admi. We need a change in Bengal,” Miss Lama said.
When the Nepali-speaking people, including the GJMM-backed tea workers’ union leaders, were happy at the end of the rally, a Congress supporter from Siliguri, Mr Utpal Roy Choudhury, said: “Mr Gandhi could have touched upon the issue of Darjeeling in his speech for the Nepali-speaking people when a large number of GJMM supporters came here expecting he would tell something about the Hills.”
No intention to divide Bengal by giving separate state status to Gorkhaland: Mamata
SNS, Siliguri: The Trinamul chief and railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today said that she had no intention to divide Bengal by giving separate state status to Gorkhaland.
Addressing a rally at Circus Maidan on Savok Road in Siliguri today Miss Banerjee said that she wanted to develop Darjeeling Hills, not divide Bengal .
“I had told the people of Darjeeling that the Hills would remain within the state. We have to develop that area and have planned to set up a centre of excellence,” Miss Banerjee said.
Besides, Terai and Dooars would be developed to convert Siliguri into Switzerland in the “real sense” as the gateway of the northeastern region, she said. She claimed that her proposed railway projects would connect Sikkim and Bhutan.
Miss Banerjee was campaigning for party candidate, Mr Gautam Deb, nominated for the Dabgram-Fulbari Assembly constituency.
Miss Mamata Banerjee said: “The CPI-M is trying to bring back terminated, frustrated and rotten leaders to rescue the sinking boat of the CPI-M. Rotten leaders are always rotten... they would not be able to do anything.”
“We can set up industry. We have already set up several factories on railway land. We did not force people to leave their farm lands for setting up industries. We would set up more factories to generate employment for youths here,” she promised.
Miss Banerjee also promised that if the Trinamul Congress comes to power it would set up a mini secretariat for North Bengal in Siliguri.
The Trinamul chief, who was once the member of NDA, today urged the people not to cast vote in favour of BJP, a party that plays the Hindu card in divide votes to help the CPI-M.“The CPI-M has imported the BJP to divide the vote bank of the Opposition and the Trinamul Congress,” she said.
Morcha meet jam cuts short Yechury speech
गान्तोक, अप्रेल 13: राजधानी स्थित विकास क्षेत्रमा नेपाली साहित्य परिषद्को प्रेक्षागृहमा वैशाखी पर्व, 2068 प्रारम्भ भयो।समारोहमा मुख्य अतिथिको रुपमा वरिष्ठ साहित्यकार महानन्द पौड्याल रहेका थिए भने साहित्यकार सानु लामाले सभाध्यक्षता गरेका थिए। प्रमुख अतिथि एवं विशिष्ट अतिथिहरूद्वारा दीप प्रज्जवलन सम्पन्न गरिएपछि परिषद्का पूर्व महासचिव तथा पूर्व उपाध्यक्ष एन.बी.तिवारीको निधनमा दुई मिनटको मौनधारण गरिएको थियो।
असमका अतिथि कवि निलिम कुमार र दार्जीलिङकी अतिथि नीना राईले क्रमश: हिन्दी र नेपालीमा कविता आफ्ना रचना वाचन गरेका थिए भने कविहरू कालुसिंह रणपहेली, अमर वानिया लोहोरो, थमन नेवाङ्ग र अन्यान्यले पनि कविता वाचन गरे। सो अवसरमा उदीयमान साहित्यकार डा. उदय छेत्रीलाई हालै कलकत्तामा भाषा युवा पुरस्कार प्रदानले सम्मानित भएकोमा नेपाली साहित्य परिषद्ले उनलाई अभिनन्दन पनि जनायो।पुलिस महानिरीक्षक अक्षय सचदेवाले प्रसिद्ध गायक स्वर्गीय नारायण गोपालको गीत तिमीलाई म के भनू तथा अन्य गजल गाए भने श्री नारायण राईले पनि गीत सुनाए।सुश्री रागिनी सचदेवाले नृत्य पेश गरेका थिए।
साहित्यकार महानन्द पौड्यालले आफ्नो सम्भाषणमा साहित्यको सृजनशीलतामा नयॉं पिंढ़ीहरू पनि सहभागी बनेर अघि आउनु पर्ने जनाए।साहित्यकार सानु लामाले कविताको सही मूल्याङ्कन् हुनुपर्ने र सही कविता रचना हुनुपर्ने आवश्यकतामाथि जोर दिएका थिए। डा.उदय छेत्रीले पनि आफ्नो वक्तव्यमा भाषा साहित्यको सेवा गर्ने अझ उत्साह पलाएर गएको कुरो उल्लेख गरे।
सो गोष्ठीको सञ्चालन कवयित्री मिना सुब्बाले गरेकी थिइन् भने दीपा राई र पेमा ल्हामू सेङगाले परिचय र अभिनन्दन पठन गरेका थिए।डा. राजु गिरीले धन्यवाद ज्ञापन पछि पहिलो दिनको वैशाखी पर्वको समापन भएको थियो। (Source: Bijay Bantawa)
असमका अतिथि कवि निलिम कुमार र दार्जीलिङकी अतिथि नीना राईले क्रमश: हिन्दी र नेपालीमा कविता आफ्ना रचना वाचन गरेका थिए भने कविहरू कालुसिंह रणपहेली, अमर वानिया लोहोरो, थमन नेवाङ्ग र अन्यान्यले पनि कविता वाचन गरे। सो अवसरमा उदीयमान साहित्यकार डा. उदय छेत्रीलाई हालै कलकत्तामा भाषा युवा पुरस्कार प्रदानले सम्मानित भएकोमा नेपाली साहित्य परिषद्ले उनलाई अभिनन्दन पनि जनायो।पुलिस महानिरीक्षक अक्षय सचदेवाले प्रसिद्ध गायक स्वर्गीय नारायण गोपालको गीत तिमीलाई म के भनू तथा अन्य गजल गाए भने श्री नारायण राईले पनि गीत सुनाए।सुश्री रागिनी सचदेवाले नृत्य पेश गरेका थिए।
साहित्यकार महानन्द पौड्यालले आफ्नो सम्भाषणमा साहित्यको सृजनशीलतामा नयॉं पिंढ़ीहरू पनि सहभागी बनेर अघि आउनु पर्ने जनाए।साहित्यकार सानु लामाले कविताको सही मूल्याङ्कन् हुनुपर्ने र सही कविता रचना हुनुपर्ने आवश्यकतामाथि जोर दिएका थिए। डा.उदय छेत्रीले पनि आफ्नो वक्तव्यमा भाषा साहित्यको सेवा गर्ने अझ उत्साह पलाएर गएको कुरो उल्लेख गरे।
सो गोष्ठीको सञ्चालन कवयित्री मिना सुब्बाले गरेकी थिइन् भने दीपा राई र पेमा ल्हामू सेङगाले परिचय र अभिनन्दन पठन गरेका थिए।डा. राजु गिरीले धन्यवाद ज्ञापन पछि पहिलो दिनको वैशाखी पर्वको समापन भएको थियो। (Source: Bijay Bantawa)
Cong gen secy fails to impress, GJMM upbeat
SNS, NAXALBARI/SILIGURI, 14 APRIL: Scores of Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) activists today joined the Congress rally addressed by party general secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi in the hope that the latter would play a positive role in resolving the problem of the Hills in the next round of tripartite talks scheduled to be held in New Delhi after the Assembly election.Though a section of Congress supporters was not pleased with Mr Gandhi's speech, the GJMM supporters expressed their happiness over his confidence to throw out the CPI(M)-led government from the state.
A senior leader of the GJMM-backed tea plantation workers’ union, Mr Harihar Acharya, said: “We want to bring about a change in West Bengal to restore democracy. After the Sipchu incident, in which three persons were killed in police firing, it has been well-established that there is no democracy in West Bengal. As a result we have decided to join the rally of Mr Gandhi and extend our support to the Congress-Trinamul Congress alliance here.”
“We hope Mr Gandhi would take the initiative to adopt a resolution in the next tripartite meeting related to formation of a regional authority in the Hills after the election and would support to add the Terai and the Dooars to our ultimate goal of Gorkhaland,” he added.
The Congress's youth icon also impressed students and youths from the Hills. A Class VII student from Hatighisa, Ajoy Tamang, who joined the rally waving the GJMM flag, said: “I have come here to welcome Mr Rahul Gandhi and to hear what he says about Gorkhaland.”
A Class XII student, Miss Sangita Lama, and her friends were also impressed by Mr Gandhi’s appeal to bring about a change in the state. “He is a nice man and always supports Aam Admi. We need a change in Bengal,” Miss Lama said.
When the Nepali-speaking people, including the GJMM-backed tea workers’ union leaders, were happy at the end of the rally, a Congress supporter from Siliguri, Mr Utpal Roy Choudhury, said: “Mr Gandhi could have touched upon the issue of Darjeeling in his speech for the Nepali-speaking people when a large number of GJMM supporters came here expecting he would tell something about the Hills.”
No intention to divide Bengal by giving separate state status to Gorkhaland: Mamata
SNS, Siliguri: The Trinamul chief and railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee today said that she had no intention to divide Bengal by giving separate state status to Gorkhaland.
Addressing a rally at Circus Maidan on Savok Road in Siliguri today Miss Banerjee said that she wanted to develop Darjeeling Hills, not divide Bengal .
“I had told the people of Darjeeling that the Hills would remain within the state. We have to develop that area and have planned to set up a centre of excellence,” Miss Banerjee said.
Besides, Terai and Dooars would be developed to convert Siliguri into Switzerland in the “real sense” as the gateway of the northeastern region, she said. She claimed that her proposed railway projects would connect Sikkim and Bhutan.
Miss Banerjee was campaigning for party candidate, Mr Gautam Deb, nominated for the Dabgram-Fulbari Assembly constituency.
Miss Mamata Banerjee said: “The CPI-M is trying to bring back terminated, frustrated and rotten leaders to rescue the sinking boat of the CPI-M. Rotten leaders are always rotten... they would not be able to do anything.”
“We can set up industry. We have already set up several factories on railway land. We did not force people to leave their farm lands for setting up industries. We would set up more factories to generate employment for youths here,” she promised.
Miss Banerjee also promised that if the Trinamul Congress comes to power it would set up a mini secretariat for North Bengal in Siliguri.
The Trinamul chief, who was once the member of NDA, today urged the people not to cast vote in favour of BJP, a party that plays the Hindu card in divide votes to help the CPI-M.“The CPI-M has imported the BJP to divide the vote bank of the Opposition and the Trinamul Congress,” she said.
Morcha meet jam cuts short Yechury speech
Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling, April 14: If inclement weather disrupted a number of political meetings in the foothills, hordes of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters in Kurseong almost forced CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury to cancel his address in Darjeeling today.
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Yechury was travelling up the hills when his car was stuck in Kurseong for more than four hours. He could not move further as Morcha supporters, who had come to attend a meeting addressed by party president Bimal Gurung, had parked their vehicles in a haphazard manner along the road.
It was around noon when Yechury, accompanied by CPM Rajya Sabha member Saman Pathak, reached Kurseong. The CPM had organised its first public meeting in Darjeeling to seek votes for its candidate K.B. Wattar.
Even though the meeting started around 2pm, Yechury and Pathak could reach Darjeeling only at 4.55pm, five minutes before the time allotted to the CPM was to end.
Yechury could speak for only 13 minutes, while Pathak didn’t address the crowd at all.
“What happened in Kurseong was a little appalling. We were caught in the traffic jam for five hours and the administration really needs to pull its socks up. The jam was not because of the presence of a large crowd but because vehicles were parked in a way that led to congestion along the road.”
The traffic was snarled up over a distance of three kilometres between Kurseong Phatak and the Tourist Lodge area. Yechury could resume his journey up the hills only after Gurung’s meeting was over and the Morcha supporters started dispersing.
Asked if he thought it was a deliberate attempt by the Morcha to stop him from attending the meeting in Darjeeling, Yechury said: “I am not sure about it. But if it was a conspiracy to stop me from addressing a meeting in Darjeeling, then I must be an important man.”
In his speech, the politburo member tore into the Congress and the Trinamul Congress.
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| Rohit Sharma addressing GJM meeting in Kurseong. Photo: Bishal Sampang |
“There is a slogan for change and the Congress, which is running the show in Delhi along with the TMC (Trinamul), has already showed us what kind of change they are talking about. There are two kinds of people in India today. One are crorepatis whose number is increasing every day and the others are those who have to go hungry because they do not have Rs 20 in their pocket. It is better that such a change does not come to Bengal,” said Yechury.
He added that the amount embezzled in the 2G spectrum allocation could have ensured 35kg of rice to every family in India at Rs 3 per kg.
Yechury also launched a veiled attack on Mamata Banerjee.
He added that the amount embezzled in the 2G spectrum allocation could have ensured 35kg of rice to every family in India at Rs 3 per kg.
Yechury also launched a veiled attack on Mamata Banerjee.
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| Ratan Thapa of GJM in Kurseong, Photo: Bishal Sampang |
“The NH55 is the only highway which has been closed for nearly a year now in the country. When we enquired with the surface transport ministry about the highway, the reply was that nothing much could be done unless the railways realigned tracks which run along the highway. We all know who is in charge of the railways,” said Yechury.
Yechury backs GNLF’s demand for Hill Council
IE, Siliguri: After GNLF chief Subhash Ghising’s return to Darjeeling, senior CPM leaders have also started coming back to Darjeeling for holding public meetings. Significantly, after Ghising was evicted from the hills, no senior CPM leader including state minister Ashok Bhattacharya who is in charge of North Bengal could hold a public meeting in Darjeeling in the face of GJM resistance.
After being emboldened by GNLF’s return to the hills, Sitaram Yechury, CPM politburo member, today visited the hills and held a public meeting there. Yechury who was supposed to reach the meeting venue in Darjeeling around 1 pm, reached there at 5 pm as GJM supporters had blocked the road near Kurseong where GJM chief Bimal Gurung held a public meeting and for which thousands of GJM supporters had gathered at the spot.
Yechury, who had a permission to have a public meeting at the venue in Darjeeling till 5 pm, could reach there at 5 pm after the GJM supporters cleared the way for him. Yechury, in his 15-minute speech, blasted the Trinamool-Congress alliance. He said, “The Trinamool-Congress alliance is not only detrimental for the state, but also for the country. The Central government has never considered to reopen the NH- 55, the Darjeeling-Siliguri highway, which is closed now for almost a year.”
On Gorkhaland issue, Yechury said the Left Front wants the New Gorkha Hill Council bill to be passed in the Parliament.
“We support the GNLF demands and believe the New Gorkha Hill Council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution is the only solution left for the hills. We will raise the issue in the Parliament,” he said.
Gunning for Gorkhaland
Vijay Jung Thapa, Hindustan Times, April 14, 2011:If anything reinforces the case for Gorkhaland and highlights how different the Nepalis of Darjeeling are from the Bengalis of Bengal -- it is the assembly elections of 2011.
While all of Bengal is consumed by the clash between Mamata Banerjee and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, up here in the Darjeeling Hills is largely ignored. Up here, all election talk centres around a rivalry between an old, wily Gorkha warhorse and his biggest bête noire, a muscleman turned Gandhian, who was once his trusted lieutenant. Up here, it's all about a mighty clash between Subhash Ghisingh and Bimal Gurung.
Yes, the khukuris are being brandished once again.
Yet, till just a week ago, this wasn't the case. Then Bimal Gurung, president of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), seemingly ruled the hills unchallenged. Riding a wave of discontent against Ghisingh in 2007, Gurung had outwitted his former boss by snatching power and forcing him out of the hills and into exile in Jalpaiguri. It was a masterstroke -- and it strangely involved a popular TV show called Indian Idol.
The third season of Indian Idol featured a talented Nepali policeman called Prashant Tamang. Success in the initial rounds catapulted Tamang into an instant hero -- and since the format of the show involved voting through SMS, it mobilised a Nepali community, clamouring for heroes. Ghising ignored the phenomenon, but Gurung saw an opportunity. He whipped up the hysteria, getting everyone into the voting process, even rolling out money power for the exorbitantly-priced text messages. Tamang's win as Indian Idol was hailed as a great "Gorkha victory" and Gurung recognised as the man behind it.
Gurung never looked back. Soon after in a public rally, Gurung, a stocky, menacing man with exaggerated mannerisms, rejected Ghisingh's formula of the Sixth Schedule for Darjeeling. The Sixth Schedule formula -- which was even ratified by the Union Cabinet -- would have given tribal-like status to the Nepalis of the region and more autonomy to the Hill Council. Ghisingh's popularity was already on the wane -- and anyway nobody understood the intricacies of the Sixth Schedule. It was easier to back Gurung and the emotive promise of Gorkhaland.
Over the next three years, Gurung, unlike Ghisingh, decided to adopt more Gandhian ways. This involved more than just burning incense sticks next to a Gandhi portrait in every rally. Crippling strikes were called, and they carried on for months, leaving the tea, timber and tourism economy in a shambles. But the Gandhian cloak had a Fascist border. Gurung soon launched the GLP (Gorkhaland Personnel) -- a quasi police "moralistic" force that chastised people using tobacco or pulled up kissing couples. On mandated days, the GLP enforced a Nepali dress code for the entire community to show they were different from Bengalis. Cars coming up the Hills were forced to change their number plates to GL (Gorkhaland) and charged registration fees. Gurung himself was surrounded by a slew of cloned bodyguards -- all with spiky gelled hair, goatees, Gaelic tattoos on forearms and revolvers thrust into waistbands.
But popular support stayed with him and the Centre and the state called him to represent the Nepalis in tripartite talks. His image did take a beating when Madan Tamang, a popular leader and conscience keeper of the movement, who often criticized both Ghisingh and Gurung, was stabbed to death by hoodlums in broad daylight. The Bengal police found a GJM connection to the killing and for a few days, fearing a backlash, Gurung stayed out of Darjeeling. But he returned dramatically, with more than a thousand supporters defying prohibitory orders stating emphatically: "Bimal Gurung did not kill Tamang." That was that.
Gurung has always displayed a keen sense of realpolitik. In 2009, he wooed BJP leader Jaswant Singh to fight the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat. Singh returned the favour by raising the Darjeeling issue several times in Parliament. In this election though, Gurung seems to have ditched the BJP, instead favouring the Trinamool-Congress combine, supporting them in the Doars and Terai regions. Of course, in the hill seats of Kalimpong, Kurseong and Darjeeling the GJM has fielded its own candidates. As is the GJM way, all three candidates have already submitted signed resignation letters. "They will only focus on Gorkhaland. If they deviate, they will be removed," says Gurung. For him it's a foregone conclusion -- the GJM is going to win all three seats.
But it is not as if his former maverick mentor has his way. For the last three years, Ghising has been living out of a rented two-storey structure in New Jalpaiguri, plotting his return. The Election Commission's code of conduct and its promise of a level-playing field gave him the perfect opportunity. In the dead of night, under heavy police protection, Ghisingh set off for the Hills, arriving in Darjeeling early on April 8 and the next day in a well-attended rally announced Schwarzenegger-like, "See…I'm back."
There's an archetypal story on Ghisingh from the late 50s, when he was a Gorkha soldier in the Indian Army. Serving in the Northeast, one day he captured a Naga terrorist, who, on learning he was a Nepali from Darjeeling, urged him to fight for his own freedom from tyranny. It wasn't till the 80s, though that his outspoken politics and fiery oratory skills fanned a mass, albeit bloody, movement for Gorkhaland. The violence forced both Rajiv Gandhi at the Centre and Jyoti Basu in the state to come together as signatories to usher in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. But within years the euphoria faded and frustration mounted as the Hill Council, riddled with corruption and autocracy, gathered more abuses than accolades. His Sixth Schedule formula was the last straw.
With Ghisingh's return, the stakes for this election are clear. On May 13, the hill people will have decided for not only Gurung or Ghisingh - but also for the Sixth Schedule formula or a Gorkhaland state. In his come-back rally, Ghisingh argued, "Gorkhaland was just a brahmshastra (primary weapon) to achieve citizenship for Nepalis, who were labelled foreigners. I never asked for Gorkhaland." He went a step further ridiculing the GJM for chasing a dream, "What gives you the right to take the people for a ride?" In reply, Gurung was at his menacing best, "He (Ghisingh) has a tourist visa till the election. Once that is over he will be made to leave."
Whatever the verdict, Darjeeling could experience another round of violence that could plunge the area into further disarray. Already, the burden of living out an agitation has taken a toll. The mass movement for Gorkhaland started in the 80s -- and now almost 20 years later the Darjeeling hills have the look of an area that lives in the decaying ruins of its former glory; pot-holed roads, shabby infrastructure, little electricity or water and no opportunities. As Udaya Mani Pradhan, a prominent resident, puts it: "We have sacrificed heavily."
But it is these very symbols that steel the heart of the hill people, convincing them their struggle is right and justified. And that it is time for them to make and claim their own destiny.
Deb urges Somnath to campaign for him
Yechury, who had a permission to have a public meeting at the venue in Darjeeling till 5 pm, could reach there at 5 pm after the GJM supporters cleared the way for him. Yechury, in his 15-minute speech, blasted the Trinamool-Congress alliance. He said, “The Trinamool-Congress alliance is not only detrimental for the state, but also for the country. The Central government has never considered to reopen the NH- 55, the Darjeeling-Siliguri highway, which is closed now for almost a year.”
On Gorkhaland issue, Yechury said the Left Front wants the New Gorkha Hill Council bill to be passed in the Parliament.
“We support the GNLF demands and believe the New Gorkha Hill Council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution is the only solution left for the hills. We will raise the issue in the Parliament,” he said.
Gunning for Gorkhaland
Vijay Jung Thapa, Hindustan Times, April 14, 2011:If anything reinforces the case for Gorkhaland and highlights how different the Nepalis of Darjeeling are from the Bengalis of Bengal -- it is the assembly elections of 2011.
While all of Bengal is consumed by the clash between Mamata Banerjee and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, up here in the Darjeeling Hills is largely ignored. Up here, all election talk centres around a rivalry between an old, wily Gorkha warhorse and his biggest bête noire, a muscleman turned Gandhian, who was once his trusted lieutenant. Up here, it's all about a mighty clash between Subhash Ghisingh and Bimal Gurung.
Yes, the khukuris are being brandished once again.
Yet, till just a week ago, this wasn't the case. Then Bimal Gurung, president of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), seemingly ruled the hills unchallenged. Riding a wave of discontent against Ghisingh in 2007, Gurung had outwitted his former boss by snatching power and forcing him out of the hills and into exile in Jalpaiguri. It was a masterstroke -- and it strangely involved a popular TV show called Indian Idol.
The third season of Indian Idol featured a talented Nepali policeman called Prashant Tamang. Success in the initial rounds catapulted Tamang into an instant hero -- and since the format of the show involved voting through SMS, it mobilised a Nepali community, clamouring for heroes. Ghising ignored the phenomenon, but Gurung saw an opportunity. He whipped up the hysteria, getting everyone into the voting process, even rolling out money power for the exorbitantly-priced text messages. Tamang's win as Indian Idol was hailed as a great "Gorkha victory" and Gurung recognised as the man behind it.
Gurung never looked back. Soon after in a public rally, Gurung, a stocky, menacing man with exaggerated mannerisms, rejected Ghisingh's formula of the Sixth Schedule for Darjeeling. The Sixth Schedule formula -- which was even ratified by the Union Cabinet -- would have given tribal-like status to the Nepalis of the region and more autonomy to the Hill Council. Ghisingh's popularity was already on the wane -- and anyway nobody understood the intricacies of the Sixth Schedule. It was easier to back Gurung and the emotive promise of Gorkhaland.
Over the next three years, Gurung, unlike Ghisingh, decided to adopt more Gandhian ways. This involved more than just burning incense sticks next to a Gandhi portrait in every rally. Crippling strikes were called, and they carried on for months, leaving the tea, timber and tourism economy in a shambles. But the Gandhian cloak had a Fascist border. Gurung soon launched the GLP (Gorkhaland Personnel) -- a quasi police "moralistic" force that chastised people using tobacco or pulled up kissing couples. On mandated days, the GLP enforced a Nepali dress code for the entire community to show they were different from Bengalis. Cars coming up the Hills were forced to change their number plates to GL (Gorkhaland) and charged registration fees. Gurung himself was surrounded by a slew of cloned bodyguards -- all with spiky gelled hair, goatees, Gaelic tattoos on forearms and revolvers thrust into waistbands.
But popular support stayed with him and the Centre and the state called him to represent the Nepalis in tripartite talks. His image did take a beating when Madan Tamang, a popular leader and conscience keeper of the movement, who often criticized both Ghisingh and Gurung, was stabbed to death by hoodlums in broad daylight. The Bengal police found a GJM connection to the killing and for a few days, fearing a backlash, Gurung stayed out of Darjeeling. But he returned dramatically, with more than a thousand supporters defying prohibitory orders stating emphatically: "Bimal Gurung did not kill Tamang." That was that.
Gurung has always displayed a keen sense of realpolitik. In 2009, he wooed BJP leader Jaswant Singh to fight the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat. Singh returned the favour by raising the Darjeeling issue several times in Parliament. In this election though, Gurung seems to have ditched the BJP, instead favouring the Trinamool-Congress combine, supporting them in the Doars and Terai regions. Of course, in the hill seats of Kalimpong, Kurseong and Darjeeling the GJM has fielded its own candidates. As is the GJM way, all three candidates have already submitted signed resignation letters. "They will only focus on Gorkhaland. If they deviate, they will be removed," says Gurung. For him it's a foregone conclusion -- the GJM is going to win all three seats.But it is not as if his former maverick mentor has his way. For the last three years, Ghising has been living out of a rented two-storey structure in New Jalpaiguri, plotting his return. The Election Commission's code of conduct and its promise of a level-playing field gave him the perfect opportunity. In the dead of night, under heavy police protection, Ghisingh set off for the Hills, arriving in Darjeeling early on April 8 and the next day in a well-attended rally announced Schwarzenegger-like, "See…I'm back."
There's an archetypal story on Ghisingh from the late 50s, when he was a Gorkha soldier in the Indian Army. Serving in the Northeast, one day he captured a Naga terrorist, who, on learning he was a Nepali from Darjeeling, urged him to fight for his own freedom from tyranny. It wasn't till the 80s, though that his outspoken politics and fiery oratory skills fanned a mass, albeit bloody, movement for Gorkhaland. The violence forced both Rajiv Gandhi at the Centre and Jyoti Basu in the state to come together as signatories to usher in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council. But within years the euphoria faded and frustration mounted as the Hill Council, riddled with corruption and autocracy, gathered more abuses than accolades. His Sixth Schedule formula was the last straw.
With Ghisingh's return, the stakes for this election are clear. On May 13, the hill people will have decided for not only Gurung or Ghisingh - but also for the Sixth Schedule formula or a Gorkhaland state. In his come-back rally, Ghisingh argued, "Gorkhaland was just a brahmshastra (primary weapon) to achieve citizenship for Nepalis, who were labelled foreigners. I never asked for Gorkhaland." He went a step further ridiculing the GJM for chasing a dream, "What gives you the right to take the people for a ride?" In reply, Gurung was at his menacing best, "He (Ghisingh) has a tourist visa till the election. Once that is over he will be made to leave."Whatever the verdict, Darjeeling could experience another round of violence that could plunge the area into further disarray. Already, the burden of living out an agitation has taken a toll. The mass movement for Gorkhaland started in the 80s -- and now almost 20 years later the Darjeeling hills have the look of an area that lives in the decaying ruins of its former glory; pot-holed roads, shabby infrastructure, little electricity or water and no opportunities. As Udaya Mani Pradhan, a prominent resident, puts it: "We have sacrificed heavily."
But it is these very symbols that steel the heart of the hill people, convincing them their struggle is right and justified. And that it is time for them to make and claim their own destiny.
Deb urges Somnath to campaign for him
SNS, SILIGURI/kolkata,14 APRIL: Mr Somnath Chatterjee, former Lok Sabha Speaker and expelled CPI-M leader, will campaign for the controversial state housing minister Mr Gautam Deb at Dum Dum from where he is contesting the Assembly poll on 24 April, Mr Deb said today indicating that the process of readmitting Mr Chatterjee to the party fold had started.
When contacted, Mr Chatterjee said if his health permitted and his doctor allowed, he would take part in the election meeting. Mr Ashok Mitra, finance minister of the Jyoti Basu-government, who later turned into a vocal critic of the Left Front's policies, would also address the election meeting, according to Mr Deb.
This drew immediate reaction from the Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee, currently campaigning in north Bengal, who said : “Efforts are on to save the sinking boat of the LF by utilising the services of former CPI-M leaders. But nothing can stop the Trinamul Congress-Congress combine from forming the government throwing the rotten Marxists out of power.”
However, Mr Deb said he would disclose some sensational information about the Trinamul Congress and its chief in Kolkata on 16 April. He disclosed that he had taken the decision to invite Mr Chatterjee to address his election meeting in consultation with the state secretary, Mr Biman Bose and chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. CPI-M general secretary Mr Karat, who had been instrumental in the expulsion of Mr Chatterjee on the Indo-US nuke deal issue, had also been informed, Mr Deb said. The CPI-M's latest Mamata-baiter said since the party was facing the worst political crisis since 1977 it was only natural for it to take initiatives to bring back leaders such as Mr Chatterjee.
Three persons arrested with cache of arms
Special Task Force of the city police arrested three persons from Central Avenue near Liberty cinema hall with a huge cache of fire arms and ammunition this evening. Police said the accused were residentrs of Bihar.
2 hurt in party clash
TT,Alipurduar, April 14: Two persons were injured after members of the Trinamul Congress and the youth wing of the RSP clashed at Rabindranagar near Madarihat on Thursday evening.
According to the members of the Revolutionary Youth Front, one of their supporters was injured and a vehicle that was being used for campaigns was damaged by Trinamul supporters. Trinamul leaders, however, denied the charges. They said members of the RYF had attacked their supporters and one of them has suffered injuries. Both the organisations have lodged separate complaints with the police. The injured persons have been admitted to the Madarihat block health centre. No one has been arrested yet, police said.
Special plea
TT, Siliguri: The Pratibandi Unnoyan Samiti submitted a memorandum to the subdivisional officer of Siliguri, Saurav Pahari, on Thursday requesting him to arrange for facilities like low tables to keep the EVM for the physically challenged people to cast their votes without any inconveniences.
Hill meetings
TT, Darjeeling: Police have made elaborate arrangements for Friday, when three hill parties, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the GNLF and the ABGL, will hold election meeting one after the other in Darjeeling town. Police sources said while the ABGL and the GNLF would hold their rallies at Chowk Bazar, the Morcha meeting would be held about a 100 metres away at the Darjeeling motor stand.
Suicide
TT, Islampur: Basirannesa, 45, a resident of Guabari near Chopra, committed suicide by consuming poison at her house on Wednesday. Police said family dispute was the reason for the suicide.
Ambedkar
TT, Siliguri: The Siliguri Ambedkar Society celebrated the 120th birth anniversary of late B.R. Ambedkar, a social reformer, here on Thursday. Members of the B.R. Ambedkar Welfare Foundation distributed books to 100 underprivileged children at the event.
When contacted, Mr Chatterjee said if his health permitted and his doctor allowed, he would take part in the election meeting. Mr Ashok Mitra, finance minister of the Jyoti Basu-government, who later turned into a vocal critic of the Left Front's policies, would also address the election meeting, according to Mr Deb.
This drew immediate reaction from the Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee, currently campaigning in north Bengal, who said : “Efforts are on to save the sinking boat of the LF by utilising the services of former CPI-M leaders. But nothing can stop the Trinamul Congress-Congress combine from forming the government throwing the rotten Marxists out of power.”
However, Mr Deb said he would disclose some sensational information about the Trinamul Congress and its chief in Kolkata on 16 April. He disclosed that he had taken the decision to invite Mr Chatterjee to address his election meeting in consultation with the state secretary, Mr Biman Bose and chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. CPI-M general secretary Mr Karat, who had been instrumental in the expulsion of Mr Chatterjee on the Indo-US nuke deal issue, had also been informed, Mr Deb said. The CPI-M's latest Mamata-baiter said since the party was facing the worst political crisis since 1977 it was only natural for it to take initiatives to bring back leaders such as Mr Chatterjee.
Three persons arrested with cache of arms
Special Task Force of the city police arrested three persons from Central Avenue near Liberty cinema hall with a huge cache of fire arms and ammunition this evening. Police said the accused were residentrs of Bihar.
2 hurt in party clash
TT,Alipurduar, April 14: Two persons were injured after members of the Trinamul Congress and the youth wing of the RSP clashed at Rabindranagar near Madarihat on Thursday evening.
According to the members of the Revolutionary Youth Front, one of their supporters was injured and a vehicle that was being used for campaigns was damaged by Trinamul supporters. Trinamul leaders, however, denied the charges. They said members of the RYF had attacked their supporters and one of them has suffered injuries. Both the organisations have lodged separate complaints with the police. The injured persons have been admitted to the Madarihat block health centre. No one has been arrested yet, police said.
Special plea
TT, Siliguri: The Pratibandi Unnoyan Samiti submitted a memorandum to the subdivisional officer of Siliguri, Saurav Pahari, on Thursday requesting him to arrange for facilities like low tables to keep the EVM for the physically challenged people to cast their votes without any inconveniences.
Hill meetings
TT, Darjeeling: Police have made elaborate arrangements for Friday, when three hill parties, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the GNLF and the ABGL, will hold election meeting one after the other in Darjeeling town. Police sources said while the ABGL and the GNLF would hold their rallies at Chowk Bazar, the Morcha meeting would be held about a 100 metres away at the Darjeeling motor stand.
Suicide
TT, Islampur: Basirannesa, 45, a resident of Guabari near Chopra, committed suicide by consuming poison at her house on Wednesday. Police said family dispute was the reason for the suicide.
Ambedkar
TT, Siliguri: The Siliguri Ambedkar Society celebrated the 120th birth anniversary of late B.R. Ambedkar, a social reformer, here on Thursday. Members of the B.R. Ambedkar Welfare Foundation distributed books to 100 underprivileged children at the event.
स्रोतसहित नेपालका कलाकारहरूको समाचार र फोटो छाप्नु भएकोमा धन्यवाद र कृतज्ञता छ।
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