Indian peripheral states and demand of Gorkhaland
GKN Chhetry *
All the peripheral states of India, elected and governed by the people of the land, share international border with neighbouring countries, well fenced and defend the core of India making the nation stronger and stronger in all aspects of economic progress and guarding the sovereignty.
Geo-politically, Darjeeling and its adjoining areas dominated by the Gorkhas since time immemorial is exception to this, although it shares international border with Nepal in the west, Bhutan in the northeast and Bangladesh (with reference to Siliguri corridor) in the south.
Current movement of Darjeeling, now continuing for more than a month with a loss of innocent lives and properties (tea, timber tourism, etc.) is not a new but has its link with the Constituent Assembly of India when the then Shree Dambar Singh Gurung attempted to raise the matter in question and this legacy of Gorkhaland demand taken up by Shree Ghising and now at the peak under the leadership of Shree Bimal Gurung.
There is no sign of turbulent Darjeeling limping back to normalcy until the movement is war-paras the people of the land have endured many fail promises made to them time to time in order to supress the genuine movement.
Interestingly, now the new and strategic twist of allegation of foreign hand in the democratic movement of the patriotic people of Darjeeling ! Of course ! baseless allegation is a matter of investigation.
People of Darjeeling or for that matter Indian Gorkhas as a whole need no certificate of patriotism from any one rather they should learn what the patriotism is from Shree Dhansing Thapa-POW of 1962. History speaks the truth…
No doubt, people of the land i.e; Darjeeling have learned without gain many more things from Bengal and they are indebted to it.
But now the time has come to listen the chaotic voice of Darjeeling without further atrocities over the proletarians and patriotic people of the land. It is the movement of identity and sense of belonging of millionsof Indian Gorkhas.
And for the nation, creation of Gorkhalandnot only completes the peripheral states fencing of international border but also make the Incredible India more defensive.
HUM GORKHAHAIN DESH KE SACHCHE SAPUT…
* GKN Chhetry wrote this article for The Sangai Express
This article was posted on July 23, 2017.
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