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Bengal CM Adhikari to Attend GJM Foundation Day Ceremony
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is expected to attend a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha celebration on October 7.
The event marks the group’s foundation day.
GJM president Bimal Gurung announced that Adhikari will be the chief guest.
Gurung said he and Roshan Giri invited the chief minister during a meeting in Kolkata in July.
The announcement came after a meeting about finding a long-term political arrangement for the Bengal hills.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah led that meeting.
A new committee will visit the hills and nearby Terai and Dooars areas.
It will give suggestions to the Union Home Ministry.
The proposed solution is intended to keep the hills and plains together within northern West Bengal.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will attend the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s foundation day ceremony on October 7 as chief guest.
GJM president Bimal Gurung said the invitation was extended during his July meeting with Adhikari in Kolkata.
The announcement followed a tripartite meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on a permanent political solution for the Bengal hills.
A new committee led by former Border Security Force Director General Pankaj Kumar Singh will visit the hills, Terai and Dooars and submit recommendations.
The agreement calls for a permanent solution without separating the hills and the Terai-Dooars plains from northern West Bengal.
- Who
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, GJM president Bimal Gurung, and other participants in the tripartite process.
- What
- Adhikari will attend the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s foundation day ceremony as chief guest on October 7.
- Where
- The ceremony will be held in the Bengal hills; the article identifies Darjeeling as the location of Gurung’s announcement.
- When
- The ceremony is scheduled for October 7; the related tripartite meeting was held the previous day, according to the article.
- Why
- His attendance comes amid renewed efforts to find a permanent political solution for the hills while keeping the hills, Terai and Dooars within northern West Bengal.
Key facts
- Event date
- October 7
- Chief guest
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari
- Organiser
- Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
- GJM president
- Bimal Gurung
- New interlocutor
- Former Border Security Force Director General Pankaj Kumar Singh
- Committee’s task
- Visit the hills, Terai and Dooars and submit a report to the Union Home Ministry
- Political framework
- The proposed permanent solution will not separate the hills and the Terai-Dooars plains from northern West Bengal
Quotes
Bimal Gurung
President of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
“The Chief Minister will be the chief guest at the GJM’s foundation anniversary function. Me and the GJM’s general secretary, Roshan Giri met the Chief Minister in Kolkata in July this year. At that time, the Chief Minister was invited to attend the foundation anniversary function. His attendance has been confirmed now,”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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