No relief from Court cases for Morcha leaders

{KNE}Kalimpong, February 20: Many cases have been filed against the Morcha leaders during the time of the Gorkhaland agitation initiated by the Morcha. Cases against the Morcha chief Bimal Gurung, GTA Sabhasads, the MLAs and the Morcha cadre still remains pending at the court. Some even have 30-40 cases against them. These Morcha leaders and workers are seen visiting the court frequently.

 Following the routine hearing many of the Morcha leaders and workers gathered at the court today. The GTA deputy chief Col. Ramesh Allay who was also at the court today said that despite of the assurance by the CM nothing has been done till date. This show’s Mamata Banerjee’s two sighted principles.

 He hoped that all the cases against them will soon be dismissed. Speaking about the same Kalimpong MLA also the GJM Spokesperson, Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri said that few of the cases have been removed which were filed by the government against them. However he cases filed by the public has not been solved. 

He blamed the state government of keeping the cases pending. Dr. Chettri said that the political assurances and statements keep on changing and holds no proper meaning. Today, indifferences have occurred between the state government and Morcha thus the statements are also changing according to it, he said. 

Further Dr. Chettri said that despite of GTA being a state inside a state the WB government still passing the departmental works which comes under the GTA. He informed that in the GTA agreement nowhere it has been mentioned that in Gorkhaland will be let out.

 However in the previous DGHC agreement it was mentioned that he Gorkhaland demand is totally cancelled with the formation of the autonomous body. Speaking about the Gorkhaland agitation being carried out by the Morcha he said that the agitation is much needed to pressurize the government for the formation of separate state.

 He also challenged the opposition party to come forward with their plans and programs which focuses on Gorkhaland. It is important to have a healthy opposition party in a democracy, he added.