Darjeeling unrest: GJM miffed over Mamata Banerjee’s response to GNLF for talks

As the West Bengal government invited the GNLF for talks, a miffed GJM, which is spearheading the Gorkhaland stir, today alleged it was an attempt to undermine it and the GMCC and said a dialogue can only be successful if the main stakeholders are included.

The GJM-led Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee (GMCC) comprising 30 hill parties including the GNLF is carrying out an indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling which entered its 69th day. “Responding to GNLF’s appeal is nothing but an effort to undermine GJM and GMCC,” GJM vice-president Kalyan Dewan told PTI. He is also the convenor of GMCC.

“The Gorkhaland movement is led by GJM and it is GJM which has called the indefinite shutdown in the hills on for the last over two months. The GJM is also the main stakeholder of GMCC. “So if the state government wants the talks to be fruitful, then it has to officially call GJM and GMCC for talks. GNLF may be a constituent of GMCC but it is not the main stake holder with whom talks can be held,” he said. Quickly responding to a Gorkha National Liberation Front(GNLF) proposal for talks to end the Darjeeling impasse, where the indefinite shutdown entered …read more