By Barun Roy
Malbazaar: 50 Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha and Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad supporters including 20 policemen were injured in a clash that sparked out today at Malbazaar suburb between Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha and Akhil Bharaitya Adivasi Vikash Parishad. The clash erupted when a Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha procession was halted by Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad supporters. Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad had called for a 24 hours strike today on the eve of a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha political rallytoday announced almost a month ago. According to preliminary reports from Malbazaar police fired 25 rounds of live ammunitions in the air besides scores of Tear Gas Canisters. The injureds were admitted at Gorubathan while an Adivasi youth who is said to have been greviously injured has been admitted at a nursing home in Siliguri.
The District Magistrate has clamped down IPC Section 144 in Dooars until further notice.
News of clash in Dooars quickly lead commerical enterprises downing their shutters and at around 12 noon Gorkha Janmukti Morcha officially announced for a shut down though it was not mentioned how long would the shut down last. Speaking to the Press, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha General Secretary Roshan Giri said the clash was the result of the conspiracy hatched by the State Government and the Communist Party of India Marxists who wants to break the solidarity between Advasis and the Gorkhas.
Speaking to Beacon Online, Prof. Sulabh Orion, an Adivasi academic presently associated with a reputed college in Kolkata said on phone, “It is very unfortunate that the West Bengal Government and the Communist Party of India Marxists have been successful in wedging the Adivasis and Gorkhas so that they could regain their political hegemony in North Bengal. However, it is even more unfortunate that the Adivasis and Gorkhas have played into the hands of the State Government and the CPIM by clashing with each other. I cannot understand what they are fighting each other for. The Adivasis and the Gorkhas are the most discriminated of the people in Bengal. I request to the leaders from both the sides to not play into the hands of the CPIM party and the State Government and instead try to accomodate the aspirations of each other and work together in trying to achieve the same.”
Malbazaar: 50 Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha and Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad supporters including 20 policemen were injured in a clash that sparked out today at Malbazaar suburb between Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha and Akhil Bharaitya Adivasi Vikash Parishad. The clash erupted when a Gorkha Janmukti Nari Morcha procession was halted by Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad supporters. Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad had called for a 24 hours strike today on the eve of a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha political rallytoday announced almost a month ago. According to preliminary reports from Malbazaar police fired 25 rounds of live ammunitions in the air besides scores of Tear Gas Canisters. The injureds were admitted at Gorubathan while an Adivasi youth who is said to have been greviously injured has been admitted at a nursing home in Siliguri.
The District Magistrate has clamped down IPC Section 144 in Dooars until further notice.
News of clash in Dooars quickly lead commerical enterprises downing their shutters and at around 12 noon Gorkha Janmukti Morcha officially announced for a shut down though it was not mentioned how long would the shut down last. Speaking to the Press, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha General Secretary Roshan Giri said the clash was the result of the conspiracy hatched by the State Government and the Communist Party of India Marxists who wants to break the solidarity between Advasis and the Gorkhas.
Speaking to Beacon Online, Prof. Sulabh Orion, an Adivasi academic presently associated with a reputed college in Kolkata said on phone, “It is very unfortunate that the West Bengal Government and the Communist Party of India Marxists have been successful in wedging the Adivasis and Gorkhas so that they could regain their political hegemony in North Bengal. However, it is even more unfortunate that the Adivasis and Gorkhas have played into the hands of the State Government and the CPIM by clashing with each other. I cannot understand what they are fighting each other for. The Adivasis and the Gorkhas are the most discriminated of the people in Bengal. I request to the leaders from both the sides to not play into the hands of the CPIM party and the State Government and instead try to accomodate the aspirations of each other and work together in trying to achieve the same.”
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