GORUBATHAN: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has resolved to initiate Home Rule Movement from March onwards. Gorkha Janmukti Morcha President, Bimal Gurung today shared with the people, the party’s next agitational programme. He was speaking in a political meeting organised by the party at Gorubathan. He said, “In March we will initiate Home Rule Movement fullfledgedly. We will involve all our functional wings including Parents Body, Women’s Wing, Youth Wing and the Gorkhaland Personnel to raise tax. The West Bengal Government is planning to shift the Transport Department to Siliguri. We should not stop them. If they want to shift other departments away from the Hills, they are most welcome. The moment they shift the Transport Department to Siliguri, we will start our own Tranport Department. Whatever Departments they shift, we will open those Departments immediately to replace the old one. The West Bengal Government might have thought that by opening the tea gardens in Dooars I will leave but they are wrong. I will remain here (in Gorubathan) until the day every family which has been displaced from Dooars do not get compensation and are allowed to return to their homes. “
Speaking elaborately about the agitational programme the party would be pursuing in the coming month, the GJM President said, “Each wing of the party will pursue an individual agitational programme.”
Requesting the people to be aware and ready for all eventualities, he said, “People must remain aware and ready. At the same time we must also learn what the people are thinking. We must be able to accurately and correctly relate to the people.”
Speaking about this 7th January declaration to change the name of Gorubathan he said, “A lot of people is said to have been unhappy with my decision to change the name of Gorubathan. However, none of the representatives from Gorubathan came to ask me as to why I had planned to change the name of this place. If Gorubathan was called Gourishankar, I would have established a Central Engineering College and even bring an MRI equipment here. This Central Engineering College would have been established by the Central Government under the recommendation of National Hydel Power Cooperation. But due to the negligence of the leaders from Gorubathan and the infighting between them, I have proposed the same for some other place. You will have to understand this carefully. We could have initiated the Dooars Movement from anyother place why did we choose Gorubathan to be the headquarter of the Dooars Movement? The people and the leaders of Gurubathan must understand this. We have already traced the future for Gorubathan after the establishment of Gorkhaland. There is enough land here which could be used to create bigger markets.”
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