Skip to main content

Rajiv Gandhi was ready for Gorkhaland: Bhandari

By himalayanreview
Gangtok, 13 Nov: Responding to allegations made by GNLF leaders towards Sikkim leaders during a public meeting held at Kalimpong recently, Mr Nar Bahadur Bhandari called a press meet here at the Congress office.

The agitation of Gorkhaland was almost succeeded during the eighties, but unexpectedly Mr. Subash Ghisingh settled on Hill Council by signing the tripartite agreement, said Mr. Bhandari, recalling decades-old Gorkhaland agitation.

Late Rajiv Gandhi and the central government were completely convinced by the Gorkhaland agitation and its activists. 1988 Tripartite Agreement signed by Mr Ghisingh, is the key cause of today’s internal conflict in Darjeeling hills, affirmed Mr Bhandari.

Gorkhaland is only a solution to fulfil the aspirations and dreams of people from Darjeeling Hills, Dooars and Siliguri. And Sixth Schedule is their privilege, which they should acknowledge but not setting aside the demand of Gorkhaland, recommended Mr. Narbahadur Bhandari, the former chief minister of Sikkim.

Was there consent of people and their representatives during the Sixth Schedule MOS agreement? If it is not so then it is undemocratic, expressed Mr. Bhandari.

Sikkim had significant support to Gorkhaland activists during the Gorkhaland agitation; we supported Darjeeling selflessly, besides having our numerous problems, we fed thousands in a day, wounded activists were treated in state hospitals, many times we saved Mr Ghisingh from CRPF and reached him in secured place by helicopter reminded Mr Bhandari.

Reacting sharply to the comments made by GNLF leaders during the Kalimpong public meeting “leaders of Sikkim are not allowed to speak about Darjeeling”, Mr. Bhandari said, which leaders, should be able to mention names clearly. The person who is speaking so, his own wife is working here in Sikkim.

I have the right to talk about not only Darjeeling but any part of the country where the Gorkha community is likely to face a crisis.

The people of Sikkim also tolerated many difficulties during the closure of the 40-day Darjeeling hills strike; the development process was hampered, and the economy suffered. In case the same circumstance persists again, Sikkim should not suffer, said Mr Narbahadur Bhandari, president of the Sikkim Congress committee.

http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Top-Story/Rajiv-Gandhi-was-ready-for-Gorkhaland.html
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rongli my birthplace

By himalayanreview
BY SHITAL PRADHAN A small hamlet in an eastern side Silent raush on its way, The old silk route, More older it look Upon which I stay, Hey that’s Rongli, Rongli my birthplace Years went by, years dried up, Yet the small village is as it was, Silent, peaceful and introvert Today’s picture of Rongli, Houses as station bogie, Looks a cradle, from Chujachen, Upon which the blue sky, As if I can touch thee, Roaring River, As the legend we hear, Still watch with glee, The terror of 1890 somewhat forgotten, Yet another terrorizing moment, 68 was the year… 1968, When sky too wasn’t pleased. That was Rongli, Rongli of the past. Playing along the Baar-Pepal tree, Hiding in the Shivalaya, Watching videos and aloft Is a decent memory, now? Sweet time in treasure, Yet when I am in Rongli, I am happy, in whither sweet. Rongli my birthplace !
10 comments
Read more

India’s illegal occupation of independent Sikkim has to be reversed

By himalayanreview
Extracted from Pakistan Defence India’s “Chief Executive” in Gangtok wrote: “Sikkim’s merger was necessary for Indian national interest. And we worked to that end. Maybe if the Chogyal had been smarter and played his cards better, it wouldn’t have turned out the way it did.” It is also said that the real battle was not between the Chogyal and Kazi Lendup Dorji but between their wives. On one side was Queen Hope Cook, the American wife of the Chogyal and on the other was the Belgian wife of the Kazi, Elisa-Maria Standford. “This was a proxy war between the American and the Belgian,” says former chief minister BB Gurung. But there was a third woman involved: Indira Gandhi in New Delhi. Chogyal Palden met the 24-year-old New Yorker Hope Cook in Darjeeling in 1963 and married her. For Cook, this was a dream come true: to become the queen of an independent kingdom in Shangrila. She started taking the message of Sikkimese independence to the youth, and the allegations started flying thic...
19 comments
Read more

The coinage system of Sikkim

By himalayanreview
It is more or less a forgotten part of the development process of the then-small Himalayan kingdom, Sikkim . The introduction of the coinage system in Sikkim ceased the way it started. A study of the coinage system of Sikkim sheds light on the socio-economic and political history of the then-small state. The coins of Sikkim ended the way they appeared; they came from nowhere, and finally, they got lost out in the darkness. A handful of people around Sikkim and in the districts of Darjeeling now have these rare items in their collections. The coin of Sikkim is much sought after by numismatists interested in countries that no longer exist today. Before the British invasion of the land of Sikkim, the capital revenue system was never heard. Sikkim, being an agricultural foreground, had some parts of food grains given to the king as tax. Trade was carried out where things were exchanged between individuals. This system was prevalent even in the mid-19th century; oranges were exchan...
5 comments
Read more