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Tripartite talks set for Sept 8, ‘08
Tripartite dialogue on 8 Sept
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Aug. 27: The state Home secretary has sent a letter to the GJMM for tripartite talks on the Gorkhaland issue in New Delhi on 8 September. “The letter from the state Home secretary Mr Ashok Mohan Chakrabarty, which reached us today, is addressed to the party president Mr [...]
Bengali body slams Pranab’s comment on ‘Gorkhaland’
Statesman News Service
SILIGURI, Aug. 24: Janajagaran, a Bagdogra based apolitical body opposed to the Gorkhaland demand has cried foul over the foreign minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee’s recent comment wherein the Union minister allegedly identified the statehood movement in Darjeeling as a ‘constitutional’ one.
Emerging out of a meeting with Mr Mukherjee in New Delhi recently, the [...]
CPM protests Congress ‘flip-flop’
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Siliguri, Aug. 22: Darjeeling district CPM leaders have come down heavily on the Congress leadership, accusing it of double standards on Gorkhaland.
The district CPM was referring to the meeting that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha delegation had with Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi yesterday. The Congress MP from Darjeeling had said that Mukherjee told the delegation [...]
‘Pranab’s response to Gorkhaland a political gimmick’
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Aug. 22: The AIGL leadership today alleged that the external affairs minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee’s “positive assurance to the Gorkhaland demand,” as claimed by the GJMM, is just a “pre-election exercise” of the Congress to gain support in the Hills for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
“As the elections are due in a [...]
GJMM delegation meets with external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee
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Pranab positive about ‘Gorkhaland’
DARJEELING, Aug. 21: The external affairs minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee has expressed a positive response towards the Gorkhaland demand at a meeting with the GJMM delegation in Delhi today, claimed the GJMM leadership.
“In an hour long discussion, the minister listened intently to the various aspects of the demand we presented [...]
CPRM brushes aside GJMM’s demand
Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, Aug. 20: Critical of GJMM’s refusal to support their 12 hour strike on 22 August demanding the speedy trial of Chattray Subba, prime accused in Mr Subash Ghisingh’s assassination attempt case, the CPRM today said that the GJMM’s act merely reflected the party’s awareness towards human rights.
“GJMM should understand that the CPRM [...]
After walkout threat, a trip to Delhi - Morcha rejects bandh before Pujas
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Darjeeling, Aug. 19: A nine-member delegation of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today left for Delhi to prepare the groundwork for the proposed tripartite talks to be held this month.
Binay Tamang, the media and publicity secretary of the party, said: “We have learnt that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked Pranab Mukherjee to handle the Gorkhaland [...]
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