Mukesh Sharma

Kalimpong , 10th March

Dr.Enos Das Pradhan the President of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh has today formally announced its support to independent candidate Mahendra P Lama. Earlier BGP leaders were in support of Lama in their individual capacity, but the decision of supporting him came after the meeting of National Working Committee and an interaction program held at Siliguri on Saturday and Sunday .

The meeting discuss the present situation in the Darjeeling hills, its strategy to take the statehood agitation to the national level and the Lok Sabha election.

"We had formed a Joint Action Committee to jointly pursue the statehood demand at the national level Sukman Moktan has been selected its convener added Pradhan.

The National Working Committee which function as the Policy Making Body of Bhagop has undertaken the process if reconstituting National Working Committee by appointing Litterateur and Social activist from Uttrakhand Bhupendra Adhikari as its New Secretary General and R.Moktan as the National Spokesperson. He informed that the National President has been authorized to continue this process of realignment
and replacement after giving a months notice to all non functional members of National team.

He too attacks C K Shestra idea of Gorkha National Satellite Council by terming it as 'Gorkhaland Birodhi'. The meeting condemned the idea and has warned the Bhagop member across the nation not to be swayed by such propaganda. We consider it as an attempt by the Governmental Agent to weaken the national movement added Pradhan.

Pradhan said at a time when the nation has warmed up at Bhagop cant remain silent just because we are non political organization.

' Bhagop is non political organisation with a political agenda and mission. We are spread across the country and facing mufti-farious
problems. He said that Bhagop has issued an appeal to all its unit and all Gorkha bodies across the nation to engage in nominating right person and right political parties to supporting this cause.