Rumors of regional politicians to join Trinamool stir buzz in the hills

MUKESH SHARMA KALIMPONG,: When the State Trinamool Congress Party is much under the scanner in the hills for conducting simultaneous secret meetings in various places for their Party to go constantly strong throughout, the Kalimpong town now remains anxious of which politician from the hills will join the Trinamool Congress. The United Gorkha Revolutionary Front (UGRF) Chief Ajay Dahal, Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) politician Chewang Bhutia and Santosh Subba, the son of Gorkha Liberation Organization (GLO) Head Chattrey Subba has become the talk of the town much lately with the rumors of them deciding to join the Trinamool. Clarifying the doubts regarding the same, Chewang Bhutia the President of ABGL’s Yuva Morcha also called as Tarun Morcha today clearly signaled his decision of joining the Congress by resigning from his post from Tarun Morcha. Speaking on the same, Bhutia said that he is now fed up with the political condition of the hills. Instead of democracy, there is violence and corruption in the hills, he whined.

 Bhutia who has served the ABGL dedicatedly for the past 12 years said that he has no hard feelings for ABGL; instead his all time favourite leader remains slain Madan Tamang who sacrificed his life for Gorkhaland. Accepting the rumors of him trying the join Trinamool as true, Bhutia mentioned that he has met with the Trinamool’s politicians twice regarding the same. Along with him, 5000 youths are also favouring to join the Congress, mentioned Bhutia. Likewise, Bhutia, now a former Tarun Gorkha President notified that the Vice President of Tarun Gorkha Sub Divisional Branch, Chattra Gurung has also resigned from the Party, but he has not yet informed that which Party he will be joining. Further, stating that many of the Morcha workers are also in contact with him, Bhutia said that 95% of the public are ready to be under the West Bengal Government jurisdiction. Standing his grounds on not quitting from politics, he stated that whatever political downfalls he has faced in his life, he shall make them his main strength. “Late Madan Tamang always worked towards joint leadership, and I too had the same dream. But this is not at all possible in the hills for the politicians of the regional parties here have much ego and they have greed for the supreme chair. Hence, I shall never opt to form my own regional party”, asserted Bhutia. Unlike Bhutia, the UGRF President Ajay Dahal and GLO front man, Chattrey Subba’s son, Santosh Subba delivered no comments on them joining the Congress. Instead Dahal said that he is not at all aware of how his name is all over the air regarding the same. Similarly, the former Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) politician of Panihatta, Rajen Mukhia said that if the Trinamool politicians talks to him about joining their Party, then he will give a second thought to it. Leaving aside Trinamool many other political Parties have also approached him to join them, added Mukhia.