Bimal Gurung, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM,) leader on Friday cried foul and accused the West Bengal Police and the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government of unlawfully attacking his house and the party office.
Gurung said, “Administration has unlawfully attacked in my house and our party office in the instruction of Mamata Banerjee. Such an attack on the house of GTA Executive and in a registered political party office is very much dangerous for democracy.”
He also accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders of entering his home with the police. He said that the “TMC cadres entered in my house with the help of the police and the administration. It is a dangerous political game. The way the TMC has done politics with the CPI-M, the BJP, and the Congress, in the same way, they are acting in the hills.”
Gurung also appealed to all people participating to be united in the final fight. He added, “I appeal to everyone to be united for this final fight. Mamata Banerjee cannot suppress our demand.”
On Thursday, the police recovered arms, arrows and cash at raids on Gurung’s home and various GJM locations. GJM and many parties, including BJP, took up a resolution earlier to separate the Gorkhaland state. This press meet was however not attended by the TMC members. The situation of violence in Darjeeling is being closely monitored by the Home Ministry.
BJP accused the TMC party of neglecting the Gorkha community creating an identity crisis. Chandra Kumar Bose, the vice president of BJP said that “The Gorkhas belong to India, but the state government has alienated them to such an extent that they have lost belief of belonging to this country. It is the identity crisis which has initiated such violence.”
He also said that the government cannot ignore the issue by providing funds or by the formation of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA.) However, Mamata chose to term this revolution as ‘abhorrent’ and said that people of Gorkhaland should maintain peace.
