GJMM upset with Sikkim

The GJMM leadership is unhappy with Sikkim's cold response to its signature campaign for Gorkhaland. “Our signature campaign for Gorkhaland received support from ministers and intellectuals of different states but Sikkim's half hearted response upset us as we have good relations with it. This was not expected at all,” GJMM president Mr Bimal Gurung said today.
On 7 August, a GJMM team touring the country with a signature campaign for Gorkhaland recieved a cold response in Sikkim. Upset over the treatment meted out to them angry supporters of GJMM organised road blocks in National Highway 31A. “The road block by our supporters was a spontaneous reaction and not under GJMM central committee's directives. We will definitely take disciplinary action against those responsible but Sikkim's response to our effort is hurting,” Mr Gurung said.
This incident has worsened the already sour relation the two sides share ever since Sikkim filed a case against the GJMM in the Supreme Court for disrupting movement along NH31A. “We could have amicably solved the dispute, but they chose to move the court first. With due respect to the Supreme Court, we cannot let off the NH31 stretch from future blockades because it falls within the ambit of our territory. However, this is notdictatorship and we still welcome them if they want to hold talks on the issue,” asserted Mr Gurung.
Sikkim though has always supported the cause of Gorkhaland and had gone on record saying it would adopt a resolution in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly in favour of the separate state. But the indifferent attitude on the issue despite their several assurances has surprised the GJMM.
“Sikkim has maintained that it wants to see Darjeeling flourishing. But they should understand that we give our identity more precedence over wealth. Yet, they turned a deaf ear to our delegations requesting them to back the Gorkhaland demand in their Assembly,” Mr Gurung said.

Courtesy: The Statesman

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