Gurung does not have a
record of social worker: quips Harka
Darjeeling Feb 21:
Praveen Gurung a social activist and the secretary of the Peoples Forum is all
set to file a PIL opposing the four day strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti
Morcha (GJM) despite the top leaders of the party criticizing with a tag on
Gurung labeled as ‘Anti-gorkhaland’.
Gurung today said he will
probably attend the high court on February 26 or 27 to file the PIL the process
for which has already started. “The strike would only harass the hill people
and tourism will get hit hard. The GJM has already signed the GTA agreement and
the strike has been called only to reconstruct the ailing relation between the
party and chief minister,” said Gurung in a clear statement.
“I would be moving to the
court by February 27 to file the PIL. The case will be filed against top
leaders especially Bimal Gurung,” he confirmed.
Further citing more
reason for filing the PIL, the peoples forum secretary said that the Gorkha
Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is not happy with the state only for the reason that the
departments to the GTA has not transferred as yet. “The Gorkhaland stunt again
by the party who has already signed the GTA agreement is just a way for
bargaining with the state government,” he added.
Reacting to the move made
by Gurung, the GJM opined that in politics the if the party has public they go
to the public, if the party does not have public they go to the court. “The
forum I believe has just one member and that is Gurung. But it is an individual
interest to file PIL and he is free to do so. The person who is filing the PIL
does not even have record as a social worker. In such case why should anybody
pay attention to him?” said Harka Bahadur Chettri, the spokesperson for the GJM
and Kalimpong MLA.
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