DARJEELING HILLS: Now, demand for a sovereign Gorkhaland
Posted by Barun Roy on December 25th, 2010
FROM TIMES OF INDIA
KOLKATA: Demand for a sovereign Gorkhaland instead of just a new Indian state called Gorkhaland? On Thursday, a statement issued by a new outfit Underground Liberation Association has raised this demand, further complicating the situation in the Hills.
ULA announced that they don’t consider Dajeeling as part of India and said the outfit will fight for a sovereign state of Gorkhaland.
M Thegeem, who signed the statement as the supreme commander of the outfit, claimed that the organisation was established in 2009.
The outfit questioned the sincerity of all the political parties active in the hills and warned them to stop all political activities in the Hills. “If anyone is found holding political programmes despite this reminder, he will face dire consequences,” stated the ULA statement.
The outfit also announced that it will begin its movement in a peaceful manner, but will take up arms if the government try to suppress the movement.
This perhaps is the first time that any outfit has raised the sovereignty demand in the Hills.
Earlier former employee of Central Industrial Security Force Ajay Dahal had launched an armed outfit Gorkha National Liberation Army as the armed wing of United Gorkha Revolutionary Front demanding statehood status of Darjeeling. Dahal was arrested in March this year from Sikkim and later was released on bail.
Senior police officers of the region have admitted that they are aware of the statement, but are still in dark about the outfit. ” The address mentioned in the statement is Munsong a village in Kalimpong. The place is known for its cinchona plantation and around 15 km from Kalimpong town. But we could not trace any activity of such an outfit there,” said Darjeeling SP D P Singh. “We are probing all possible aspects,” he added.
Like police and intelligence agencies, political parties are also confused over the development.
The GJM which was vocal with its statehood demand and now more or less satisfied with a proposed interim arrangement (Gorkhaland Regional Authority) believe that the “floating” of the outfit is politically motivated. “We are successfully moving towards our goal and this might be the handiwork of those who are not happy with the development. They want to create fresh trouble in the hills,” said Harka Bahadur Chhetri, central committee member of GJM.
The ABGL leadership in Kalimpong, however, are quite confused. “They have threatened all the parties. We don’t know who all are behind it,” said party leader Pratap Khati.
CPM state committee member Jibesh Sarkar said, “We just heard about the matter. I have no idea who they are.”
But the intelligence agencies could not ignore the incident by just branding it as a political mischief. They apparently have inputs that in the last month, a team from Nepal visited this area and met some local residents.
“The people who came from Nepal belong to the Limbu tribe, which is dominant in seven districts in Nepal and have considerable population in Kalimpong, Sikkim and Bhutan. A section of the tribe for long have been advocating for a separate Limbuwan land for Limbus,” said a senior intelligence officer. He said that the name of the “supreme commander” also suggest that he is a member of the Limbu tribe.
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December 25th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Great challenge for govt and political parties of darj. crazy boy(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Bobbbc upto the old “Gorkhasthan” mischief and their “empathsing” jurno babu moshai’s even in the TOI’s making a mountain out of mole-hill and lending a publicity hand ….
Well, that is our well trodden “Yiendiyannn demo-corropto-cracy” …
Haw, haw, haw …..
Hillman The Conman(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 10:31 am
With the origional letter to the Dainik Jagaran Vernaclar News Daily the letter signed off as:
“Darjeeling District, WB, India” speaks volumes to those discerning enough to understand and with enough Intelligence Quotent….
Furthermore, the “proof-mistakes” and the syntax of the langage bear a striking resemblance to that of the Bobbbc website …. noone wonder why ???
Haw, haw, haw …..
Hillman The Conman(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 10:49 am
The people who came from Nepal belong to the Limbu tribe
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is this man an intelligence official ? who came from nepal did you say ,ass ???
limbus in darjeeling and sikkim were there long before nepalese communities and bhotias arrived in these places. ediot……..refer to pages ‘photo section’ of ‘sikkim darjeeling: compendium of documents’ pages no 224 to 225 by R Moktan. where you will find images of ordinances promulgated by lepcha kings to limbu chiefs dating back to 16th century.
and let me know ass, whether these ‘original manuscripts’ are fake or geniune ? or, must i help you to get the ‘zerox’ of the copies ? foul ass, I am looking for the ‘tamrapatra’, the shah kings gave to limbus after their annexation to nepal.
how did this man become an intelligence official ? MS international goru(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 10:52 am
The people who came from Nepal belong to the Limbu tribe
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ass…prove this. how did this man become an intelligence official ? through quota or by bribing or by providing sexual favours ? MS international goru(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 10:55 am
yo intelligence ass ,pahar kai hunu parchha…..natra yo mula lai ‘thegim’, limbu community ko tharr ho bhanera kasari thaa hunchha….??? MS international goru(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 10:58 am
yo lekhne ko ho ….deep gazmer ??? yesh ko phone no kati ho ? MS international goru(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 11:44 am
“The people who came from Nepal belong to the Limbu tribe, which is dominant in seven districts in Nepal and have considerable population in Kalimpong, Sikkim and Bhutan. A section of the tribe for long have been advocating for a separate Limbuwan land for Limbus,” said a senior intelligence officer. He said that the name of the “supreme commander” also suggest that he is a member of the Limbu tribe.
Pure parochial, communal, short-sighted and snide Bengal mischief through spin doctoring …. meant for part of India that is “unedcated and stupid” …
Unfortunately the communists find themselves in *this minority …. times sure have changed …..
Haw, haw, haw …..
Hillman The Conman(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Can’t Daktar Mukundo Mojmdaar and his “jurno empathisers in the TOI” come up with something more origional …..
Haw, haw, haw ……
Hillman The Conman(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
International Goru n JTM/Hillmantheconman/Lazy daisy; just relax. if this is handiwork of BOBBBC then this will peter out. If reports r true then in future we will see lots of firework. I am sure this is the work of few misguided youth who were expecting a g8 deal from GJMM but r now disappointed like most bloggers in HB. HillyBilly(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
The Times of India found this news item worth publication with a detailed report. However, it fails time and again to publish many relevant news related to the Gorkhas. No wonder the Radia tapes have proved beyond doubt that media has been completely bought by politicians and the corporate world.
Perhaps the newspapers should put a price rate below each report at which the report was published. ZYX(Quote)
December 26th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/13/stories/2010121357060100.htm ZYX(Quote)
December 27th, 2010 at 8:03 am
So – HillyBilly, when will Bobbbc and Amra Bongali admit that their ruse is worn out, old and in tatters …. and as Peter Sellers aptly puts is …. have the decency to admit and say …. “Oops, I habe ‘goophed’ again !!!”
Haw, haw, haw ……
Hillman The Conman(Quote)
December 27th, 2010 at 9:40 am
@11
Abata ke patyaonu ke napatyaonu. shaktshi(Quote)
December 27th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
JTM AKA HILLMAN THE CO NWOMAN,
Guess how I was able to know u r both one and the same entity? Thru your poor sense of humour. Women really crack ro tten jokes. Laughing HAW, HAW, HAW actually suits you. ROFLMAO. HillyBilly(Quote)