Kurseong : The ABGL has called a 48-hour strike in town starting tomorrow to protest against the civic chairman’s alleged reluctance to execute the will left behind by his son Sami Agarwal.
Sami had died in March 2000 and had reportedly bequeathed all his property to the underprivileged.
The GNLF on the other hand has decided to defy the bandh and has urged establishments and shops to remain open.
The ABGL, which is a member of the anti-Subash Ghisingh coalition in the hills, has also said it will not allow P.C. Agarwal, the chairman of Kurseong Municipality, to hoist the Tricolour on Independence Day.
“He is not fit for it. Sami’s registered will clearly states that he has donated his property to the poor people of the hills. Even his flat in New Delhi is supposed to be sold and money raised to set up a school for poor children. We got hold of the will seven years after his death and realised that Agarwal has not bothered to execute it,” said Saroj Khatri, an ABGL member.
Pranoy Thapa, the general secretary of the ABGL in Kurseong, said Agarwal should not have kept silent about the will so long.
Though the ABGL has made it clear that the issue has nothing to do with politics or Ghisingh’s party, he GNLF has decided to stand by its member. “The allegations against Agarwal are personal. It has got nothing to do with the Independence Day. The Opposition’s move is anti-national,” said N.B. Khawas, the general secretary of the GNLF in Kurseong.
Vinod Agarwal, whose name appears as a witness, said he is not aware of what is written in the will. “I had signed it, but did not read it,” Vinod, who is Sami’s cousin, said.
Agarwal said the Opposition was trying to tarnish his image. “I don’t have any information on the will, but if it is there, they should go to court.”
Source: The Telegraph
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