National Women's body rejects Gorkha patriotic song as 'non Indian' Apology demanded from AIWC

Gorkhas are migrants, they cannot be Indian so cannot perform at 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav' program which is an Indian national program says AIWC event incharge. Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh decides to take up the matter legally. 

Nanda Kirati Dewan, KalimNews, 16 June 2022, New Delhi/ Guwahati : Indian  Gorkhas across the nation are outraged after  All India Women Conference (AIWC) executive member  Chandra Prabha Pandey chides Gorkha Artists, bans performance in Nepali langauge for 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav' (AKAM) labeling  "Nepali / Gorkha Bhasa " a non-Indian language

Aruna Pradhan, Honorary Secretary of Kalimpong branch of AIWC said that the concerned person Chandra Prabha Pandey should issue an unconditional apology to the Indian Gorkha community forthwith since it doesn't reflect the views of the organisation. She informed that the said event stands cancelled after the matter reached office bearers of AIWC. Pradhan corroborated the facts and said that she had requested Ms Pandey to issue an apology in public domain within June 14 to which she didn't respond and denied. 'Not agreeing to my request for apology, she blocked me from in WhatsApp and Social Media and than I brought the matter in public domain. I am glad to learn that Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh is taking up the matter  legally and shall file an online petition also so that no such instances occur again.' asserted Aruna Pradhan who introduced herself as housewife and member of AIWC and doesn't want to blame her organisation AIWC for views and actions of an individual.

Senior community journalist Nanda Kirati Dewan, said, ‘Many people have a misconception about the Gorkhas in India - that they are foreigners and have migrated from Nepal. There could not be a greater mistake than this. The Gorkhas are in fact the aborigines of India and they can trace their history back to ancient times. The Gorkha community is the product of Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid assimilation from ages past. As a linguistic group they can trace their origin back to Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman beginnings. In fact the Gorkhas consist of both Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid racial groups. Gorkhas history in India dates back to not less than 1000 years in Assam and India in civilization and documentation since prehistoric mythological era and speak Nepali language which is also known as Gorkha Bhasa and is a scheduled language in viii schedule of Indian constitution on 20th August 1992.’ 

‘Yuva Parisangh will fight tooth and nail legally against such racial attacks and set a deterrent example. Our legal team will be ready with legal actions and sent legal notice to the accused after the ultimatum time. Social media team is working on online petition which will be activated if an unconditional public apology is not received,’ Dewan added who is also President of Bharatiya Gorkha Yuva Parisangh. Development practitioner Namrata Sharma from Bihar who recently filed online petition in Indigo Airlines & Specially abled child said, ‘AIWC too should issue a statement in this regard and clarify organisation's stand on this matter and if  Ms. Pande doesn apologize in public domain than she should willfully step aside from the prestigious organization. If she doesn’t own her mistake than she be ask to be relived from her responsibilities for failing to acknowledge the diversity of this nation and insensibly handling and hurting community sentiments of the Gorkha community.’

‘Such action will definitely act as deterrent for future so that such incidents never occur again. Gorkhas have been on receiving end on many occasions and mostly over identity or racial issues and it's high time we set deterrent examples. We had successfully lead the digital  movement over ‘Racial Slur against Northeastern Community in Amazon Prime Video “Paatal Lok “ webseries co-produced by Anushka Sharma’, added Namrata Sarma who is also the National Secretary of BhaGoYuP.