Organisation demands new states at Delhi meet

SNS, Kurseong, 23 July 2013: With the Centre remaining engaged in dialogue on carving out Telangana, a meeting of Federation for New States of India ~ an organisation championing the cause for smaller states ~ was held in New Delhi on Sunday. 

The Gorkhaland Rashtriya Nirman Morcha chief, Mr Dawa Pakhrin, was present there as a representative of the movement for Gorkhaland. 

Mr Pakhrin informed that the representatives from Telangana, Bhil Pradesh, Purvanchal and many others from different corners of India were present to press for their respective separate statehood demands. 

“The representatives said they would go for vigorous movements, demanding formation of several new states if the Centre decides to carve Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh,” he said. 

“However, we feel the formation of a separate state of Gorkhaland is different from other statehood demands as because the national identity of the Indian Gorkhas is involved in it. This aside, this is the oldest statehood demand in the country,” Mr Pakhrin said.