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Gorkhas hold separate state demand torch rally | The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) held a torch procession at Salugara town in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri
District in support of their demand for a separate state. "The Siliguri land is
ours. History has witnessed our fight for our survival here. Therefore, this is
our land. The Bengal government should leave this land. It should not capture
the land forcefully. Therefore, today, we have taken out this torch rally to protest
against this," said Arjun Pradhan, a central committee leader of GJM. Earlier
on April 9, GJM chief Bimal Gurung met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in New
Delhi , who assured him that he would talk to the Government of West Bengal and
Trinamool Congress about the new territory. The GJM had agreed during the fifth
round of tripartite talks in New Delhi to the constitution of Interim Council
by next year prior to the creation of a separate state. The Gorkhas are demanding
a separate state to protect their culture and heritage. The Gorkha population
in West Bengal is estimated to be around a million. |
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