SILIGURI: The demand for carving out a separate state of 'Gorkhaland' would be the focus of the second round of tripartite talks, the agitating Gorkha Janamukti Morcha said on Firday.
GJM General Secretary Roshan Giri said the party was yet to receive any formal invitation for the talks.
While the GJM said that the parleys, originally scheduled in November, will be held on December 29 in New Delhi, West Bengal Urban Development Minister Ashok Bhattacharjee said the talks were likely to be held at the end of the month but did not confirm the date.
Giri claimed that the GJM did not create any pressure either on West Bengal or on the Centre for the talks in view of the militant attack in Mumbai.
He said that only GJM leadership would participate in the December 29 talks and there would be no representation of any other party like in the first round of tripartite talks in New Delhi on September 8 this year.
It was not yet decided whether party president Bimal Gurung would join the talks. Gurung would decide about the delegation only after receiving formal invitation, he added.
GJM, which called an indefinite closure of state government offices in the hills since December 8, however exempted the treasury today to help employees get their salary.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Gorkhaland_issue_will_be_focus_of_talks_GJM/articleshow/3827826.cms
GJM General Secretary Roshan Giri said the party was yet to receive any formal invitation for the talks.
While the GJM said that the parleys, originally scheduled in November, will be held on December 29 in New Delhi, West Bengal Urban Development Minister Ashok Bhattacharjee said the talks were likely to be held at the end of the month but did not confirm the date.
Giri claimed that the GJM did not create any pressure either on West Bengal or on the Centre for the talks in view of the militant attack in Mumbai.
He said that only GJM leadership would participate in the December 29 talks and there would be no representation of any other party like in the first round of tripartite talks in New Delhi on September 8 this year.
It was not yet decided whether party president Bimal Gurung would join the talks. Gurung would decide about the delegation only after receiving formal invitation, he added.
GJM, which called an indefinite closure of state government offices in the hills since December 8, however exempted the treasury today to help employees get their salary.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Gorkhaland_issue_will_be_focus_of_talks_GJM/articleshow/3827826.cms
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