‘Don’t shout Gorkhaland when elections are coming,’ says Anit Thapa at BGPM mass joining rally

YAWAN GURUNG, EOI, MIRIK, 22 DECEMBER 2023 : In a mass joining programme at Alay playground in Mirik, more than 2,500 families joined the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha. 

Welcoming them to the party, BGPM president Anit Thapa said this support was for the new thoughts introduced by the BGPM, new ideas, work done and the style of functioning introduced in the hills. 

It was a support for the work of the BGPM for the community and the progressive ideas of the party. “Those who support us today are the seeds that will be planted in the hills for our thoughts.” 

As Anit Thapa could not visit all the villages, a centralized event was organized during the day in Mirik to facilitate supporters of the BGPM joining the party. Among them were supporters of other parties, members of panchayat samiti and gram panchayat. 

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Binny Sharma also joined the BGPM. He said any setback to the BGPM at this stage would harm the development of the hills. The BGPM was now trying to set the education system in the hills in order. 

“They call us traitors who have betrayed the cause, We have seen big traitors doing the business of politics in the name of the community,” Thapa said, taking a dig at the opposition. 

Talking about Gorkhaland, he said: “We have reached here after a long journey. We have worked in the right direction. Time should be given to bring the hills to the right destination. We all need Gorkhaland. It is for the Centre to provide this. We have passed the Gorkhaland resolution in the GTA Assembly and sent it to the Union Home Ministry. 

Our capacity is limited. We should not shout Gorkhaland only when the elections are coming. The Lok Sabha elections are coming. We will take decisions which will benefit the society, community and the hills.We are working to get our land deeds. The land of our community should be in our names.” BGPM general secretary Amar Lama also addressed the meeting.