The CPI-M is in for a jolt. Even as the party launched a campaign against the Gorkhaland cry in the district yesterday, its Samsing unit in the Dooars has revolted against the party leadership. The unit leader, Mr Rajen Lohar, along with 90 CPI-M activists has deserted the party to join the GJMM citing the CPI-M’s failure to reopen the locked out tea plantations of the Dooars.
Mr Lohar claimed today that he and 90 others went to Garubathan to meet the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha president, Mr Bimal Gurung, and joined his party. “Several years have passed since the closure of the tea plantations in the Dooars but neither the Centre nor the CPI-M led state government succeeded in opening those while the workers, who are mostly of Adivasi stock, suffer. We met the district CPI-M leaders several times on the issue but to no avail. The GJMM is fighting for our issues and so we decided to support them leaving the CPI-M,” he said. MORE...
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