Six-member team for Calcutta meeting Morcha president to stay away

The president of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to skip the meeting with chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in Calcutta tomorrow but has lined up a six-member delegation to discuss the six demands of the party.

Morcha vice-president R.P. Waiba, general secretary Roshan Giri, Binay Tamang, Anmole Prasad, Harka Bahadur Chhetri and president of the party’s trade union P.T. Sherpa will leave for Calcutta tomorrow. “The meeting is scheduled to take place at Writers at 5.30pm. We will once again place our charter of six demands,” said Tamang, the media and publicity secretary of the Morcha.

Gurung had met Bhattacharjee at Writers’ Buildings on February 4. However, the talks had remained inconclusive with the chief minister refusing to grant permission to hold public meetings in the Dooars and announcing that immediate reopening of the gardens in the region was not a feasible idea. MORE...