DARJEELING,:
To renew their demand for the separate State of Gorkhaland, Gorkhaland Activist
Samuha (GAS) is all set to stage a dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi during
the upcoming winter session of the Parliament.
“We
held a meeting today to discuss our future programs regarding our one-point
agenda of Gorkhaland for which our organization has been formed. We decided
that during the winter session of the Parliament, probably around the second
week of December, we will go to Delhi. We are planning to hold a dharna at
Jantar Mantar, which is our initial program,” said GAS member Kishore Pradhan
at a press meet here on Wednesday.
GAS,
being a non-political body, is calling on all sections of society including
political and non-political organizations, and individuals to join the protest
in a show of solidarity.
In
preparation for the Delhi protest, Pradhan informed that they have formed a
six-member committee who will decide on programmes before departing for Delhi
to make people aware of their dharna at Jantar Mantar.
“Our
team will also go to Delhi before December to make preparations for our program
there along with another team to head to places like Assam as the demand of
Gorkhaland is of the Gorkhas living all over India. We will also be doing activities
like padyatra in Darjeeling before our program at Delhi,” said Pradhan.
