Now, Gorkhas raise their own force

NEW DELHI: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), an organisation that spearheads the separate Gorkhaland agitation, is training young men and women to fight for their cause.

Times Now travelled to the foothills of Darjeeling and found that GJM is raising its force to fight for their statehood.

A thousand-strong force of young men and women are being trained to take the fight for an independent Gorkhaland to the next level in a 30-km wide area called the Chicken's neck in the foothills of Darjeeling. It is here that the misguided youth are being brainwashed into believing in the Gorkhaland cause as a big threat to India's security.

"The security deployment is not enough and you can see openly these camps are being conducted and they are roaming around without fear," Retd Col Ramesh Allay, Commander-in-chief of the Gorkha Land Personnel, the front of the GJM responsible for recruitment.

In an open challenge to the government and police administration, about 50 retired army officers and jawans are training the youth for the fight in the camps of hate and violence. Though they are not being trained in use of arms, they will do so when the time comes.

With more young people joining the ranks, the intensity of violence has increased with ethnic clashes threatening peace in this volatile region.

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