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Separate Gorkhaland demand gathers momentum | An organisation spearheading the campaign for a separate Gorkhaland state here on Monday demanded that the next round of tripartite talks should be held at the political level. The decision
was taken at the central committee meeting of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM).
GJM is demanding a new state of 'Gorkhaland' to be carved out from West Bengal
. Tripartite talks held earlier in Darjeeling resulted inconclusive. "Now we want
the talks, specifically on Gorkhaland issues, and it should be done in political
levels within 45 days, dates counting from December 21," said Tilakchand Roka,
central committee member of the GJM. To press for their demand, the GJM from
Sunday
began a road blockade in all the national highways passing through their demanded
territory. "We began our strike on 27 December, and it will continue the same
way until our demand for Gorkhaland is fulfilled," said Amrit Ranjan, secretary
of students' wing of the GJM, in Siliguri. Apart from that the relay hunger strike
that began on December 26 is underway in different sub-divisions of the Darjeeling
hills. Womens cell of the GJM started their hunger strike on Monday. Gorkhas have
been demanding a separate state, to be carved out West Bengal , to help them
protect
their culture and heritage. The demand for Gokhaland gained momentum after New
Delhi announced earlier this month that it would carve out the new state of Telangana
out of the present state of Andhra Pradesh in south India . The Gorkha population
in West Bengal is around one million out of over 80 million. |
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