The BJP government can’t give justice to Gorkhas, says Ajoy Edwards

it is clear that the hill people and the Gorkhas will not get justice even in the on-going interim Budget session.” No Bill or proposal had been submitted to Parliament in favour of the Gorkhas. There was no possibility that any such Bill would be submitted

YAWAN GURUNG, EOI, MIRIK, FEBRUARY 6, 2024 : It is clear that Gorkhas will not get justice in the ongoing interim Budget session of Parliament, Hamro Party president Ajay Edwards said on Tuesday. 

“Only a few days are left for the completion of five years of the BJP-led government at the Centre. The interim Budget was tabled in Parliament a few days ago. Now only three days are left of the session,” he said. 

Edwards said the people of the hills of Darjeeling had trusted the BJP-led government at the Centre for the past 15 years, hoping that it would give justice to the Centre. 

“But it is clear that the hill people and the Gorkhas will not get justice even in the on-going interim Budget session.” 

No Bill or proposal had been submitted to Parliament in favour of the Gorkhas. There was no possibility that any such Bill would be submitted. 

“This is a very sad matter. In the previous elections, the top leadership of the BJP had shown big dreams to the Gorkhas. 

A written promise had been made in the poll manifesto of the BJP for a permanent political solution to the problems of the hills, the Terai and the Dooars, for inclusion of 11 left-out Gorkha communities in the list of scheduled tribes and for fixing a minimum wage for tea workers. All these years, the promise has remained unfulfilled.”