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State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Asok Bhattacharya on Friday criticised the violence by the activists of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM). In Darjeeling and Kurseong, GJM activists have unleashed massive violence in the name of movement against the state government, he said.
“They are disrupting peace, setting houses on fire, terrorising people and even ransacked the house of an MLA,” the minister said, adding that the people in the Hills were feeling insecure.
“It was GJM chief Bimal Gurung who extended support to Maoists when he came to attend a meeting with the state government at Writer’s Buildings. Now, those Maoists have killed the jawans and Gurung is accusing the state government,” Bhattacharya said. “At that time even GJM general secretary Roshan Giri went to Lalgarh to meet Chhatradhar Mahato and extend his outfits’ moral support to the movement there,” he said. “The GJM should blame the Maoists for the incident,” he added.
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This is saddening that a opposition house has been burnt. That too without her ailing husband presence in the house. Considering the history of GJJM, they seem to have no tolerance of opposition. It has been their policy to chase out all oppposition. Just the news today says that GJJM will not allow participation of other parties to the discussion table. Applying the tactics of Darjeeling GJJM to Indian polictics , the UPA in power will have to throw out all the BJP (Opposition)out of India. The fate of opposition is a good reflection of how democratic the GJJM agitators are. Their houses vandalised and burnt down. They are currently all refugees somewhere inspite of having residence in the Darjeeling Hills. Their logic is anarchic and unconstitutional, democracy needs a strong opposition to prevent dictatorship. Can we call Bimal Gurung , the Hitler of Darjeeling ??