Who is Bimal Gurung? He is out of my syllabus, says GJM faction chief Binoy Tamang
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) faction chief Binoy Tamang on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the result of his assembly West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee however maintained that any affiliation with “fugitive” Gorkha chief Bimal Gurung was inconceivable.
Asserting that “Bimal Gurung is a closed chapter” in Darjeeling, Tamang, who an ally of the TMC since 2017, mentioned he, alongside together with his colleague and Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) chairman Anit Thapa, mentioned “several issues” associated to the event of the Hills.
“Who is Bimal Gurung? We are not giving him any importance. He is out of my syllabus. Not our subject. Bimal Gurung chapter is closed. None of the TMC leaders has spoken on this. We did not discuss Bimal Gurung at all. “We haven’t mentioned any points associated to Bimal Gurung. He is a fugitive and legislation will take its course. We talked about issues associated to infrastructure growth within the Hills. It was a fruitful assembly,” he mentioned whereas addressing a press convention.
Banerjee, together with Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay and state ministers Aroop Biswas and Firhad Hakim, held an hour-long closed-door assembly with Tamang and Thapa. The state authorities is but to come back out with a press release on the assembly.
Tamang, who has been against the proposal of Gurung’s return to the Hills, mentioned the folks of the Darjeeling don’t desire him again. “There are so many cases against him. He has more than 100 cases against him. He has UAPA charges against him. He is a proclaimed offender, his property has been attached. None is above law. We will not share any political or administrative platform with Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri even in the future,” he mentioned.
“Our focus is on the development of the hills. Gorkhaland is a dream of Gorkhas. Gorkhaland was sold as an election issue by hill leaders. We will not resort to arson in the hills in the name of Gorkhaland,” he additionally mentioned.
He added, “All matters were related to peace, normalcy in the Darjeeling hills and North Bengal. Discussed pending issues on GTA and development. Additional funds are to be given to us also. For Mirik lake, beautiful and water purification was also discussed.”
Bimal Gurung, who had been in hiding for 3 years, resurfaced in Kolkata on October 21 and pledged help to the TMC, after having stop the NDA, triggering discontent among the many Tamang faction which had all the time backed the Mamata Banerjee occasion up to now. Rallies have been taken out within the Hills by the Tamang faction opposing Gurung’s entry since October 22, prompting the fugitive chief’s loyalists to organise counter-rallies welcoming him. Currently, Gurung is placing up in Kolkata alongside together with his trusted aides.
Criticising the event as “dirty politics”, the state unit of the BJP mentioned the ruling TMC was making an attempt to disturb peace within the Hills. “This is nothing but dirty politics to disturb the peace. We condemn such politics… Just to win a few seats, the ruling TMC is pushing the Hills towards instability,” BJP nationwide basic secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya mentioned.
The TMC, nevertheless, refuted the cost as baseless and mentioned it was the BJP which had tried to create unrest in Darjeeling. “The BJP had tried to foment trouble the Hills. We brought back peace,” TMC MP Sougata Roy mentioned.
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The picturesque Darjeeling had repeatedly witnessed violent agitation over the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland, the most recent being in June 2017, when the Hills noticed a 104-day-long strike over the problem. The strike additionally led to a break up within the GJM, with Binay Tamang, as soon as a deputy to the outfit’s supremo Gurung, taking on the reins of the occasion and expelling the boss.
Although the GJM faction led by Gurung had continued to align with the BJP, the opposite camp, headed by Tamang, joined arms with the ruling TMC within the state.
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