2016 elections fever are here in full flow it seems, with GJM President Bimal Gurung and Kalimpong MLA Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri exchanging political rhetoric through press conferences.
Political scenario in Darjeeling has today become the ‘Theater of Absurd,” with political gimmicks, flamboyant rhetoric, decisiveness, and borderline narcissism taking the front seat, over the politics of unity, development and solidarity.
However, amongst the din of everyday rhetoric comes this gem from Dr. Harka, who yesterday stated from Kolkata, “What Bimal Gurung does or doesn’t do, does not bother… he [Bimal] said through press that he would welcome if I started politics for Gorkhaland… it means he [Bimal] is accepting the fact that he cannot achieve it [Gorkhaland] himself… let him surrender and say so in person… let him handover everything to me… after that I will show how to move the movement in the right direction… he can come and join as one of my cadres.”
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| Kalimpong MLA Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri |
Dr. Harka added, “Let Bimal say that I wasn’t competent, I couldn’t get it done, Harka Bahadur can make it happen… Let him announce that from today onward Harka Bahadur is the GJM chief… from the very net day, I will restart the campaign for Gorkhaland… I will also start work to make additional districts and start the talks with Central government.”
He added, “I have done a lot for my constituency, in comparison even the whole of GTA could not achieve what I have achieved for my region… GTA is responsible for developing the hills and I am responsible for developing my constituency, and where as I have done so, entire GTA has failed.”
Via TheDC
