Siliguri Terai Gorkha Nagarik Manch formed

PRASHANT ACHARYA, EOI, Siliguri 20 Mar 2016: Siliguri Terai Gorkha Nagarik Manch - an umbrella organisation of the Gorkhas of Siliguri sub division and its surrounding areas was formed here on Sunday. 

The meeting held here at Bhanubhakta Samiti was attended by various social and cultural organizations of the Gorkhas in the region. The Manch aims to look into the various issues related with the community in the region.

The meeting which lasted almost four hours after detailed discussions unanimously decided to form Siliguri Terai Gorkha Nagarik Manch.

The Manch as an umbrella organization of the Gorkhas in the region would prioritize the issues related with the Gorkhas in the region and find out the ways to solve them. The issues would be social, cultural, educational and literary while the Manch would also work as a pressure group to ensure that the community people are not deprived of their rightful share in all spheres.

An ad hoc committee has been formed where Krishna Lama has been selected as the president. Pramod Giri is selected as the secretary of the Manch. Saman Giri and Prasad Thakuri are the vice presidents. Padam Chettri is the working president. Jyoti Ghmirey and Buddha Tamang are the assistant secretaries. Sambu Rai is the media secretary. The advisors are Bini Sharma, Shankar Adhikari, Badri Sharma, Gyanendra Khatiwada, Dilip Tiwari and Dr C P Sharma,

The meeting presided over by D N Nepal also decided to form a constitution subcommittee with Dilip Tiwari, Hemant Gautam, Gyanendra Dahal, T B Ghataney and Avay Khaling as the members of the subcommittee.