ABGL sacks secretary

RAJEEV RAVIDAS, TT, Kalimpong: The ABGL on Tuesday expelled its secretary Pratap Khati for allegedly conspiring against the party by unilaterally expelling the president, Bharati Tamang, and Laxman Pradhan.

Tamang and Pradhan had been ousted for attending two bipartite meetings called by the Bengal government with hill parties contrary to a decision taken by the ABGL.

Biplav Rai

In a media release on Tuesday, the ABGL said the decision to remove Khati had been taken at a meeting chaired by Tamang. "The ABGL president had kept quiet till now thinking this was a fight within the party, but Khati has hurt the party by acting on his own," the release said.

KalimNews: Biplav Rai has been appointed the new General Secretary a report adds. Biplav Rai and Pritivi Raj Subba were suspended for one year by the party in the meeting held on 8 October 2017 for attending the September 12 meeting called by the state government..