West Bengal BJP MLA raised voice in support of Gorkhaland in Assembly
Kolkata (IANS). On Friday, the last day of the monsoon session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, BJP MLA from Kurseong Bishnu Prasad Sharma raised his voice in favor of a separate state of Gorkhaland.
As the Bengal Assembly session began during the day, Bishnu Prasad Sharma started raising slogans in support of a proposed separate state carved out of the hilly regions of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong as well as parts of the plains of the Terai and Dooars regions of north Bengal. done. He even sat on the floor of the assembly premises and kept on raising slogans.
Talking to reporters, the MLA said that several organizations are staging sit-ins on this issue in New Delhi on a daily basis. A resident of Pahar has given a letter to the District Magistrate of Darjeeling seeking permission for the fast-unto-death movement. In this situation, I cannot stay away from this issue. I have decided to stick to this issue.
Bishnu Prasad Sharma had also expressed his dissatisfaction against the state leadership of the BJP for the Pahari results in the recently concluded panchayat elections. Without naming him, he indirectly blamed BJP’s Lok Sabha member from Darjeeling, Raju Singh Bista, for the poor results of his party and its allies. He even called Raju Singh Bista an ‘outsider’.
He had said that the poor result of the party and its allies in the hills in the recent rural body elections was due to false promises by a section of outsiders. Which were imposed on the people of the hilly areas. His false promises have tarnished the image of the party among the people of the hills. That is why I did not want to participate in the rural municipal elections.
The MLA also claimed that there was not enough initiative from the central leadership for a permanent political solution in the hills. He had said that a permanent political solution in the hills was the main promise of our party in successive elections. That promise has yet to be fulfilled.
