RED ALERT

IN THE LAST MONTH I HAD BEEN TWICE TO NORTH BENGAL. I HAVE TOURED EXTENSIVELY THREE DISTRICTS VIZ COOCHBEHAR,  JALPAIGURI AND DARJEELING. WHILE I AM VISITING NAXALBARI, BAGDOGRA AND ADJACENT AREA OF SILIGURI, I FOUND THAT A HUGE INFLOW OF NEPALI NATIONALS ALREADY SETTLED IN THE SEVERAL PLACES LIKE BATASI, SURRONDINGS OF NAXALBARI, HATIGHISA,  BAGDOGRA , SHIBMANDIR, MEDICAL MORE, SURRONDINGS OF NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, EVEN IN DEBIDANGA and on the way of PANIGHATA. IN MY EARLIER LIFE  EVEN 4 TO 5 YEARS AGO I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS TYPE OF INFLOW TO THIS AREA. I WILL REQUEST THE CONCERNED OFFICERS OF WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT TO GO THE ABOVENOTED AREAS JUST FOR A CASUAL VISIT AND FIND HOW THE NEPALESE ARE ENJOYING THE RIGHTS OF INDIAN CITIZENS.  HAVE A VISIT TO THE AREAS OF SUKNA TO DARJEELING MORE YOU WILL GET HUNDREDS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS MAINLY FROM NEPAL SETTLED THERE.PLEASE GO TO DAGAPUR, SALBARI , METHIBARI, SALUGARA, BAIKUNTHAPUR FOREST AREA, CHOTO FAPRI, FAPRI AND BARO FAPRI AREA YOU WILL FIND THOUSANDS OF NEPALI NATIONALS MIGRATED AND SETTLED. RESPECTED READERS I HAVE NO INTENTION  TO IDENTIFY ALL THE NEPALI SPEAKRS OF THE ABOVENOTED AREA AS FOREIGN NATIONALS BUT I WILL REPEATEDLY ASK TO MY GOVERNMENT PLEASE IDENTIFY WHO ARE THE NEPALI NATIONALS AND WHO ARE NOT. I WILL REQUEST TO MY GOVERNMENT TO STRIKE OUT ALL THE FOREIGNERS NAME IMMEDIATELY. NEXT DAY I WILL TELL YOU WHY BIMAL GURUNG AND HIS ASSOCITES ARE READY TO ACCEPT THE MODIFIED HILL COUNCIL PROPOSAL AND THE LAKHS AND LAKHS PEOPLE WILL BE INVITED FROM NEPAL, AND WHY? YES I WILL TELL YOU THE CONSPIRACY BEHIND THE ADJUSTMENT WITH THE ADIBASI BIKASH PARISHADOF DOOARS AND TERAI.                tushar pradhan

GORKHALAND MOVEMENT A CLANDESTINE INVASION

I AM QUOTING HERE THE FOREWORD OF THE ABOVENAMED BOOK WHICH WAS
WRITTEN BY DR.SIBADAS NANDI, M A, Ph D, EX PRINCIPAL OF ORIENTAL
COLLEGE, KOHIMA, NAGALAND. HE WRTES: IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, IT IS
SAID, THAT THERE ARE NO PERMANENT FRIENDS, NO PERMANENT ENEMIES BUT
ONLY PERMANENT INTERESTS. WHENEVER A COUNTRY NEGOTIATES AN
INTERNATIONAL TREATY, THE OVERWHELMING CONSIDERATION THAT SHOULD GUIDE
HER IN DOING SO IS TO KEEP HER SHORT AND LONG TERM INTERESTS IN VIEW.
COMING TO INDO NEPAL FRIENDSHIP TREATY,1950 ; IDEALISM RARHER THAN
NATIONAL INTERESTGUIDED INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO CONCLUDE IT.THE TREATY
ENVISAGES NATIONALS OF BOTH INDIA AND NEPAL RECIPROCAL ECONOMIC AND
RESIDENTIAL RIGHTS IN EACH OTHERS COUNTRY. THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES REMAINS OPEN. THE RESULT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS
MIGRATION OF NEPALI NATIONALS TO INDIA. THE MIGRANTS IN MANY AREAS OF
NORTH BENGAL HAVE ALREADY OUTNUMBERED THE LOCAL POPULATION LEADING TO
ETHNIC TENSIONS AND SOMETIMES VIOLENCE. INESCAPABLY THERE EMERGES A
PATTERN IN THE DIRECTION OF MIGRATION. A CURSORY GLANCE AT THE MAP OF
NORTH BENGAL, NEPAL, BHUTAN, SIKKIM SHOULD FORCEFULLY SUGGEST THIS.
THE INITIAL TARGET WAS THE PRESENT STATE OF SIKKIM. MASSIVE MIGRATION
OF NEPALI NATIONALS HAD SWAMPED THE AUTOCHTHONS PRIOR TO ITS MERGER
WITH INDIA.. THEN AROSE THE QUESTION OF CITIZENSHIP, NEPALI NATIONALS
IN LARGE NUMBER VOTED IN FAVOUR OF MERGER AND DEMANDED CITIZENSHIP
AFTERWARDS. THEY CONTENDED THAT IF THOSE WHO VOTED FOR MERGER ITSELF
WOULD BECOME ILLEGAL. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA WAS THUS BLACKMAILED
INTO ACCEPTING EIGHTY THOUSAND OF THEM AS CITIZENS. THIS WAS ON THE
FACE OF ONLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND SIKKIM SUBJECTS RECORDED AT THAT
TIME. THE STATE WAS THUS 'CONQURED'. THE NEXT TARGET WAS THE KINGDOM
OF BHUTAN . BY AN IDENTICAL METHOD THE MIGRANTS POURED IN LARGE
NUMBERS INTO THE KINGDOM. SOON THEY ADOPTED THE METHOD TESTED IN
SIKKIM SUCCESSFULLY. BACKED BY NUMBERS THEY DEMANDED DEMOCRACY BE
USHERED IN AND THE INSTITUTION OF KINGSHIP BE ABOLISHED. THESE WERE
CATCHY SLOGANS. THE KINGDOM ACTED SWIFTLY. ABOUT SIX LAKHS OF THEM
WERE DEPORTED. THEY ENTERED INDIA POSING AS NEPALI NATIONALS TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE TREATY. HOWEVER, INDIA DID NOT HAVE A SIMILAR TREATY
WITH BHUTAN AND THE IMMIGRANTS NEEDED TO BE REGISTERD AS SUCH. THIS
DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO LACKADASICAL ATTITUDE OF THE GOVERNMENTS BOTH
THE STATE AND AT THE CENTRE. HAVING FAILED IN THEIR ENDEAVOUR IN
BHUTAN THE IMMIGRANTS TARGETED DARJEELING DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL AND
THE CHICKEN NECK JOINING THE NORTH EAST TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. BY
THEN THE DISTRICT HAD FAR EXCEEDED ITS CAPACITY TO ABSORB MORE
MIGRANTS. THE MIGRANTS EROM BHUTAN TOOK SHELTER IN THE ADJOINING
PLAINS OF NORTH BENGAL BECOMING IN THE PROCESS MAJORITY IN MANY
ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCKS. A MORE MILITANTS GROUP TOOK OVER THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE IMMIGRANTS CHALLENGING THE LAWFULLY ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT OF
THE STATE. THEY STOPPED PAYING ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE BILLS, CHANGED
VEHICLE NUMBERS AND EVEN DECLARED THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS PERSONA NON GRATA IN THE HILLS. THE GOVERNMENT
MAINTAINED SILENCE. BIPARTITE OR TIPARTITE MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH THE
LEADERS OF THE IMMIGRANTS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE SO CALLED
GORKHALAND ISSUE WITHOUT BOTHERING TO REFLECT UPON THE REAL STATUS OF
IMMIGRANTS ACCORDING TO THE TREATY OR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY.
NEVER ONCE DURING THE TALKSTHE ISSUE OF CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF THE
MIGRANTS WAS RAISED BY EITHER THE STATEOR CENTRAL REPRESENTATIVES. THE
ELECTION COMMISSION TOO MAINTAINED SILENCE. THE POLITICAL PARTIES SAW
THE OPPOTUNITY IN USING THE IMMIGRANTS AS VOTE BANKS AS SUCH WERE NOT
INTERESTED IN RAISING THE ISSUE. THE MEDIA, BOTH ELETRONIC AND PRINT,
WHO DEVOTE A LOT OF TIMEAND SPACE ON NON ISSUES LIKE SCANDALS REMAINED
OBLIVIOUS TO THE FRAUD ON OUR CONSTITUTION. IN THE MEANTIME THE
IMMIGRANTS ENROLLED THEMSELVES IN THE ELECTORAL ROLLS OF THE
CONSTITUENCIES AND REAPED THE BENEFITS OF CITIZENSHIP AND ACQIRED
LEGITIMACY. HAD THE BHUTAN EXPERIMENT BEEN SUCCESSFUL, A CONTINUOUS
LAND MASS STRETCHING FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH WOULD
HAVE CREATED A NEPALI DOMINATED AREA COVERING THE ENTIRE NORTHERN
BORDER OF THE COUNTRY. SET AGAINST THIS BACK DROP THE AMBITION OF
CHINA OVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH CAN NOT BE SEEN AS ISOLATED PHENOMENON.

VICTOR PALACE

Heritage guesthouse at Victor Palace

A heritage guesthouse is going to be launched in the historic Victor Palace. State tourism minister Mr Manabendra Mukherjee would inaugurate the thoroughly renovated palace on 16 August and a luxurious high-end heritage guesthouse would be roomed there from that day.

Till recent days Victor Palace was known as a dilapidated heritage building situated on the west bank of Sagardighi in Cooch Behar town. It has been renovated with financial assistance extended by the Union government in 2005. Sources said the Centre had sanctioned a fund of about Rs 75-lakh. The picturesque palace was named after Prince Victor Nityendra Narayan. His parents - Maharaja Nripendra Narayan and Maharani Sunity Devi – are considered the founders of modern Cooch Behar.

West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation sources said the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) was entrusted to renovate the palace and they did it within two years. The total cost of thorough renovation was about Rs 50-lakh. After completion of the job the CPWD handed over the palace to the WBTDC. Now, a heritage guesthouse is going to come up there.

A luxurious restaurant and a dining hall have also come up beside the palace for the VVIP guests. Other visitors can also taste delicious foods at the restaurant. WBTDC has spent about Rs 39-lakh to build up this facility. The guesthouse is meant for VVIPs especially foreign tourists. Rich Indians who can afford the cost may also get accommodation here. There would be only four luxurious suits. These are fitted with all modern cosy equipments, plasma TVs and star class bathrooms. Two suits are in the ground floor and two are on the first floor. Charge of a suit may be about Rs 4,500 but the rate may be lesser as introductory offer, sources said.

It is expected that Deccan Charters may launch its air service through Cooch Behar Airport within a few days and it may be helpful for the new heritage guesthouse to get the expected VVIP guests. -Debashis Bhaumik.

WHO TO TEACH LESSONS !

Furore over primary teachers recruitment

Different organisations came out against alleged 'faulty and corrupted' procedure in recruiting primary school teachers. They demanded the procedure should be kept aloof from clutches of the leaders of the ruling party (read the CPI-M).

Secretary of Cooch Behar district unit of West Bengal Primary Teachers' Association Mr Avijit Dutta alleged that the District Primary School Council (DPSC) is no more a legally valid body and so it has no right to recruit teachers for primary schools. They demanded suspension of the recruitment process and submitted a memorandum to the district magistrate in support of their demand. They also demanded presence of no member in the interview committee related in any manner with any candidate.

President of Cooch Behar district unit of Trinamul Youth Congress Kumar Rajib Narayan said they already staged demonstrations at the office of the chairman of the DPSC. He alleged that the DPSC is associated with corruption, appeasement of kin of leaders of the ruling party and irregular procedure in recruitment. Alleging lack of transparency in recruitment process he demanded releasing of candidates' names and marks obtained by them in written examination and viva voce test.

Cooch Behar district unit of Chhatra Parishad also came out against the 'faulty' recruitment system. President of the district CP Mr Rakesh Chaudhury said they also staged demonstrations at the DM office and the DPSC office. He said the viva voce test of the candidates would be held on 11-16 August. Prior to that a few dishonest persons are engaged in earning a huge sum by promising jobs to the candidates who already passed the written examination. On the otherhand the relatives of the leaders of ruling parties are getting unwanted and ill-motivated opportunities to be recruited, he alleged.

Cooch Behar district magistrate Ms Smaraki Mahapatra made it clear that she would initiate a probe if she gets specific complaints over the recruitment system. The DPSC chairman Mr Kanak Mohanta however denied any discrepancy or irregularity in the recruitment process and winded up the allegation of corruption. - Debashis Bhaumik.

Open Letter To : Prime Minister of India

TUSHAR PRADHAN
SENIOR ASSOCIATES:
AAJKAL, UTTAR BANGA SAMBAD,
YUGASHANKHA, SAMBAD -- DAILY NEWSPAPERS


To Date: 9th. August, 2010
The Prime Minister of India,
New Delhi.

The Union Home Minister,
New Delhi.

The Chief Minister of West Bengal & All the States.

Mr. Manohar Tirkey, M.P (RSP)

Governor of West Bengal

Dear Sir,


Re : Gorkhaland Movement, Stop Parleys Immediately.

As a grass-root level journalist I am watching the "Gorkhaland"
movement since 1986. I would like to draw your kind attention on the
following points.
1. When it is clear that there is no community/ race/ ethnicity in the
name of GORKHA in the existing world then how our Govt. is considering
the demand of so called GORKHALAND AGITATORS and why the political
parleys with GORKHA PARTIES.
2. GORKHA is a district of NEPAL and GORKHA TOWN" is the Head Quarter
of the Gorkha District. How
a "GORKHA" named movement / Anarchy/ Chaos can be tolerated in India!
3. Ancient time there was a kingdom named "GORKHA" in Nepal and the
old palace is still there, just adjacent to GORKHA TOWN. The then King
of GORKHA kingdom Prithwinarayan Shah is the founder of today's
greater Nepal by conquering several small & medium sized kingdoms of
that time. If the Nepalese are interested to remember that lion hearted
king, they can easily change the name of their country by putting
'GORKHALAND" in place of Nepal. A part of nepali speaking people in
India, those who are identifying themselves as "GORKHA", such section
of people may easily go there as because the treaty of 1950
(INDO-NEPAL FRIENDSHIP TREATY) allows both the Indians & Nepalese same
right of emigration. You will find from the history that members of
the GORKHA regiments fought against India in the several occasions.
Even Rabindranath Tagore condemned such type of aggression by calling
them butchers. You will find a piece of speech which is delivered by
"GORKHA" leader, Mr. Damber Singh Gurung in the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
on 19th. December 1946. I am quoting a portion of that speech where
Mr. Damber Singh Gurung telling : " Sir, the problem of the Gurkhas
is quite different …… . Though we are made to do the dirtiest work in
India for which we have been called Butchers by Indians, though
hundreds of thousands of GORKHA lives were sacrificed to keep the
British Rule in India and elsewhere, nothing has been done by the
British Govt. so far the uplift of the GURKHAS"

From every corner it is established that regimented GURKHA / GORKHA
means SLAVES. And till date a section of the Nepalese are doing the
same slavery as soldier, security personnel, in the various part of
the world. When 'GORKHA" is foreign place and it is implied that
GURKHA/GORKHA means slaves, then how a Govt. can allow such movement a
demand in the name of GORKHA.
4. While 'GORKHA' is not a Community/ Race / Ethnicity etc. and there
is no anthropological history of Gorkha at all, then GORKHALAND
movement is not an issue at all.
5. When "GORKHA" is a landmark identity of Nepal and having a district
in the name, then how one can demand "GORKHALAND" in India!
6. It is fact that Britishers recruited youths from Nepal's Gorkha
area in their army as slaves and hence the regiment of those slaves
named 'GORKHA' (GURKHA). But it does not mean that the GORKHA is the
community or the race or the ethnicity. It is clear that Britishers
uses the "GORKHA/ GURKHA" term as the identity the nepali speaking
Khukri fighters (soldiers).
7. While it is proved that 'GORKHA" is not a community/ race/
ethnicity and "GORKHA" is a fictitious identity, then Govt. is duty
bound to cancel the Gazette Notification, dated 23.08.1988 in regard
to GORKHA citizenship. In this context I would like to mention that,
the notification which was published by Indira Mishra, the then Joint
Secretary to the Govt.of India was unconstitutional. No one of our
country has that right to issue the birth certificate for a community
through that procedure. The 'GORKHA" named community which was
fathered by Mr. Subhas Ghisingh (President of GNLF) and pushed to it
as Gazette Notification by Mr. Buta Singh, the then Union Home
Minister with the connivance of the then Darjeeling M.P Mr. Inderjit
Khuller. Mr. Bhuta & and Mr. Inderjit, both the Punjabis have made
this criminal offence by making the safe unconstitutional passage of
fictitious "GORKHA" community. My humble submission is, it is the duty
of our judiciary as well as all the peoples' representatives to check
how the things like "Gorkha" citizenship notification can be made and
why not the culprits will be booked for this anti-national offence.
8. While GORKHA is not a Community/ Caste / Ethnicity then how there
will be political parties like GORKHA JANAMUKTI MORCHA, GORKHA
NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, ALL INDIA GORKHA LEAGUE ETC. While GORKHA
is a fictitious identity, then how you, the Government making
Political Parleys with the "GORKHA" named parties and negotiating the
so called GORKHALAND demand. In this context I would like to apprise
you that in the Darjeeling Hills you will find no national political
parties, as because Darjeeling is a lawless land now, and creating
terror is the routine work of GORKHA JANAMUKTI MORCHA led by its
Preesident Mr. Bimal Gurung. Those parties are still having their
activities in the Darjeeling Hills, they may be different in their
names, but political demands are same. All are in favour of a separate
statehood which called "GORKHALAND".
9. You will be astonished to know that the GORKHALAND demand is a long
cherished dream of conspiracy in the name of Nepali Speaking people's sentiment.
Actually the so called "GORKHA" leaders want "GORKHALAND" as separate
country by creating anarchy with the help of illegally settled
foreigners. To achieve their target, the leaders as well as the
conspirators are trying to make their roads for that ultimate
destination. The target is ethnic cleansing of Bengali Community and
the various Tribal Groups. Please go through these points and you will
find the answer.

No one can deny that everyday a large number of Nepalese (Citizen of
Nepal) are coming to India through various open borders. As because
there is no passport or Visa system and INDO-NEPAL border remains
open, taking the undue advantage of INDO-NEPAL FRIENDSHIP TREATY,1950
the emigrated Nepalese are settling in India by managing the
citizenship through Ration Card/ EPIC Card/ enlisting as voter and
even enjoying the APL/ BPL status. You please go through Census Report
and you will find that, in 1951 there were 88,958 Nepali speaking
Indian populations in the Darjeeling District whereas in 1961 the
population of Nepali speaking people in the District jumped to
3,69,130. The growth rate was 314.95%. Further in 1971, the population
(i.e. Nepali speaker's population) jumped to 4,46,446. In 1981, it was
5,40,444, in 1991 it was 6,37,874 and in 2001, it was 7,78,528. You
will find more than 775% population growth of Nepali speakers took
place within 50 years in Darjeeling Constituency only. And when you
will get the 2011 Census figure that will show you the Nepali speaking
population of the district to be more than 14.00 lacs. Out of 14.00
lacs there will be a minimum of 10 to 11 lacs of those who are from
Nepal taking the advantage of 1950's friendship treaty. If you wish to
add the figure of Nepalese entered in the DOOARS and other parts of
West Bengal, then the number of Nepalese who settled as Indian will be
about 15.00 lacs. So, unless you are identifying these Non-Indian
Nepalese you can not sit with Nepali speaking leaders as because you
do not know the person you are talking whether they are
Nepali-speaking persons of Indian Citizen or are Citizen of Nepal. For
your ready reference I would like to submit below the quotation from
"GORKHALAND MOVEMENT A CLANDENSTINE INVASION" by Dr. D.P. Kar
"By 1991 Nepali census, the number of emigrants from Nepal had been
6,58,337 of which 89.2% i.e. 5,87,236 persons had gone to India.
Within the period from 1991-2001 the number of emigrants from Nepal
had been 7,62,181 and nearly 68% of them i.e. 5,18,283 persons
migrated to India".

The emigrants of Nepal in many areas of North Bengal have already
out-numbered the local population leading to ethnic tensions and
sometimes violence. Take just the instance for verification, please go
to TOTOPARA of Jalpaiguri District while the land of the TOTOPARA is
exclusively enmarked for the primitive TOTO tribe. You will see there
half of the land is occupied by the Nepali people and it's unfortunate
to hear that TOTO tribes are speaking Nepali! Both central Govt. and
State Govt. of West Bengal are aware of the fact that in December 2009
one NGO named "Janachetana" has filed Public Interest Litigation in
the KOLKATA HIGH COURT, where the petition raised questions regarding
the citizenship status of "Treaty Benficiery Napali Nationals in India
and prayed for directions from the Hon'ble Court to the respondents so
as to prevent flagrant violation of the Art. 326 of the Constitution,
Representation of Peoples Act and Foreigners' Act etc. Except Election
Commission, all the other respondents failed to submit their affidavit
in opposition and remained conspicuously silent over the issue. It is
also heard that "Janachetna" has already moved one more petition
praying for an interim order restraining the respondents from holding
the tripartite meetings with any of the outfits claiming to be the
representatives of the Nepalese whose citizenship status are disputed,
debatable and yet to be ascertained according to the Constitution of
India., Citizenship Act, the Foreigners' Act, the relevant Treaties
and the Central Govt.'s Gazette Notification dated 23rd. August 1988-
till the final disposal of the pending Writ petition by the Hon'ble
High Court. Sir, I am in constraint to say that this sort of disregard
and defiance to the judicial process from the Govt. Administration
will only make people loose their confidence on the system of
judiciary in the country.

Sir, I am not going to mention here the activities of Mr. Buta Singh
who acted as agent of Mr. Subhas Ghisingh in the earlier days for the creation of gorkhaland.Yes i am having that document in which BUTA SINGH writting to INDERJIT GUPTA , THE THEN HOME MINISTER OF INDIA FOR CREATION OF GORKHALAND STATE. I WOULD LIKE TO just intimate you that this is not the way to purchase peace
in the Darjeeling Hill by giving them interim set up (autonomous)
which straightly speaks SEPARATE STATE, will be the final one.

Sir, I know that I will not get any answer of this letter , but please
keep it in mind that I will fight tooth & nail against all the odds AND
he, who may be the political players. I am bound to do so as a true
citizen of this country.

Sir, while you are wrongly ready to give a
council, please delete the 'GORKHA" word from DARJEELING HILL COUNCIL.
And for your information, please note that late Rajiv Gandhi and late
Jyoti Basu both were dead-against of inclusion of "GORKHA" word as
because they never heard "GORKHA", the community which was fathered by
"messiah" Subhas Ghisingh.

You see GORKHALAND movement is in no way similar to any other movement
of separate State anywhere in India. This is the dacoity, hooliganism, gundaism of
two sections of people of a single linguistic Community. One section
is a portion of beneficiaries of Indo-Nepal friendship treaty and the other section
is a portion of true Indian Nepali Speaking citizen.

Sir, please remember the Sikkim, the State which having its first
language being Nepali has made a strict barrier to the entry of
Nepalese Beneficiaries , while Bihar, West Bengal and U.P. are still
giving the open border and free entry.

Sir, while you have accommodated Nepali language in the Eighth
Schedule, how you can recognize "GORKHA"? Who are they?

With regards.

(TUSHAR PRADHAN)
C/O Uttar Banga Sambad,
18A/1A, Manoharpukur Road,
Kolkata- 700 026., Mobile : 9830408119
e-mail : charjeeling@gmail.com, charjeeling@yahoo.co.in
Blog : http://banglasambad.blogspot.com
Easy search in google : Gorkha Reporter.

GORKHALAND MOVEMENT

TUSHAR PRADHAN
SENIOR ASSOCIATES:
AAJKAL, UTTAR BANGA SAMBAD,
SAMBAD, YUGASHANKHA, SAMBAD -- DAILY NEWSPAPERS

To Date: 9th. August, 2010
The Prime Minister of India,
New Delhi.

The Union Home Minister,
New Delhi.

The Chief Minister of West Bengal & All the States.

Mr. Manohar Tirkey, M.P (RSP)

Governor of West Bengal

Dear Sir,
Re : Gorkhaland Movement (Stop Parleys) Immediately.

As a grass-root level journalist I am watching the "Gorkhaland"
movement since 1986. I would like to draw your kind attention on the
following points.
1. When it is clear that there is no community/ race/ ethnicity in the
name of GORKHA in the existing world then how our Govt. is considering
the demand of so called GORKHALAND AGITATORS and why the political
parleys with GORKHA PARTIES.
2. GORKHA is a district of NEPAL and GORKHA TOWN" is the Head Quarter
of the Gorkha District. How a "GORKHA" named the GORKHA District. How
a "GORKHA" named movement / Anarchy/ Chaos can be tolerated in India!
3. Ancient time there was a kingdom named "GORKHA" in Nepal and the
old palace is still there, just adjacent to GORKHA TOWN. The then King
of GORKHA kingdom Prithwinarayan Shah is the founder of today's
greater Nepal by conquering several small & medium sized kingdoms of
that time. If Nepalese are interested to remember that lion hearted
king, they can easily change the name of their country by putting
'GORKHALAND" in place of Nepal. A part of nepali speaking people in
India, those who are identifying themselves as "GORKHA", such section
of people may easily go there as because the treaty of 1950
(INDO-NEPAL RRIENDSHIP TREATY) allows both the Indians & Nepalese same
right of emigration. You will find from the history that members of
the GORKHA regiments fought against India in the several occasions.
Even Rabindranath Tagore condemned such type of aggression by calling
them butchers. You will find a piece of speech which is delivered by
"GORKHA" leader, Mr. Damber Singh Gurung in the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
on 19th. December 1946. I am quoting a portion of that speech where
Mr. Damber Singh Gurung telling : " Sir, the problem of the Gurkhas
is quite different …… . Though we are made to do the dirtiest work in
India for which we have been called Butchers by Indians, though
hundreds of thousands of GORKHA lives were sacrificed to keep the
British Rule in India and elsewhere, nothing has been done by the
British Govt. so far the uplift of the GURKHAS"

From every corner it is established that regimented GURKHA / GORKHA
means SLAVES. And till date a section of the Nepalese are doing the
same slavery as soldier, security personnel, in the various part of
the world. When 'GORKHA" is foreign place and it is implied that
GURKHA/GORKHA means slaves, then how a Govt. can allow such movement a
demand in the name of GORKHA.
4. While 'GORKHA' is not a Community/ Race / Ethnicity etc. and there
is no anthropological history of Gorkha at all, then GORKHALAND
movement is not an issue at all.
5. When "GORKHA" is a landmark identity of Nepal and having a district
in the name, then how one can demand "GORKHALAND" in India!
6. It is fact that Britishers recruited youths from Nepal's Gorkha
area in their army as slaves and hence the regiment of those slaves
named 'GORKHA' (GURKHA). But it does not mean that the GORKHA is the
community or the race or the ethnicity. It is clear that Britishers
uses the "GORKHA/ GURKHA" term as the identity the nepali speaking
Khukri fighters (soldiers).
7. While it is proved that 'GORKHA" is not a community/ race/
ethnicity and "GORKHA" is a fictitious identity, then Govt. is duty
bound to cancel the Gazette Notification, dated 23.08.1988 in regard
to GORKHA citizenship. In this context I would like to mention that,
the notification which was published by Indira Mishra, the then Joint
Secretary to the Govt.of India was unconstitutional. No one of our
country has that right to issue the birth certificate for a community
through that procedure. The 'GORKHA" named community which was
fathered by Mr. Subhas Ghisingh (President of GNLF) and pushed to it
as Gazette Notification by Mr. Buta Singh, the then Union Home
Minister with the connivance of the then Darjeeling M.P Mr. Inderjit
Khuller. Mr. Bhuta & and Mr. Inderjit, both the Punjabis have made
this criminal offence by making the safe unconstitutional passage of
fictitious "GORKHA" community. My humble submission is, it is the duty
of our judiciary as well as all the peoples' representatives to check
how the things like "Gorkha" citizenship notification can be made and
why not the culprits will be booked for this anti-national offence.
8. While GORKHA is not a Community/ Caste / Ethnicity then how there
will be political parties like GORKHA JANAMUKTI MORCHA, GORKHA
NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, ALL INDIA GORKHA LEAGUE ETC. While GORKHA
is a fictitious identity, then how you, the Government making
Political Parleys with the "GORKHA" named parties and negotiating the
so called GORKHALAND demand. In this context I would like to apprise
you that in the Darjeeling Hills you will find no national political
parties, as because Darjeeling is a lawless land now, and creating
terror is the routine work of GORKHA JANAMUKTI MORCHA led by its
Preesident Mr. Bimal Gurung. Those parties are still having their
activities in the Darjeeling Hills, they may be different in their
names, but political demands are same. All are in favour of a separate
statehood which called "GORKHALAND".
9. You will be astonished to know that the GORKHALAND demand is a long
dreamed conspiracy in the name of Nepali Speaking people's sentiment.
Actually the so called "GORKHA" leaders want "GORKHALAND" as separate
country by creating anarchy with the help of illegally settled
foreigners. To achieve their target, the leaders as well as the
conspirators are trying to make their roads for that ultimate
destination. The target is ethnic cleansing of Bengali Community and
the various Tribal Groups. Please go through these points and you will
find the answer.

No one can deny that everyday a large number of Nepalese (Citizen of
Nepal) are coming to India through various open borders. As because
there is no passport or Visa system and INDO-NEPAL border remains
open, taking the undue advantage of INDO-NEPAL FRIENDSHIP TREATY,1950
the emigrated Nepalese are settling in India by managing the
citizenship through Ration Card/ EPIC Card/ enlisting as voter and
even enjoying the APL/ BPL status. You please go through Census Report
and you will find that, in 1951 there were 88,958 Nepali speaking
Indian populations in the Darjeeling District whereas in 1961 the
population of Nepali speaking people in the District jumped to
3,69,130. The growth rate was 314.95%. Further in 1971, the population
(i.e. Nepali speaker's population) jumped to 4,46,446. In 1981, it was
5,40,444, in 1991 it was 6,37,874 and in 2001, it was 7,78,528. You
will find more than 775% population growth of Nepali speakers took
place within 50 years in Darjeeling Constituency only. And when you
will get the 2011 Census figure that will show you the Nepali speaking
population of the district to be more than 14.00 lacs. Out of 14.00
lacs there will be a minimum of 10 to 11 lacs of those who are from
Nepal taking the advantage of 1950's friendship treaty. If you wish to
add the figure of Nepalese entered in the DOOARS and other parts of
West Bengal, then the number of Nepalese who settled as Indian will be
about 15.00 lacs. So, unless you are identifying these Non-Indian
Nepalese you can not sit with Nepali speaking leaders as because you
do not know the person you are talking whether they are
Nepali-speaking persons of Indian Citizen or are Citizen of Nepal. For
your ready reference I would like to submit below the quotation from
"GORKHALAND MOVEMENT A CLANDENSTINE INVASION" by Dr. D.P. Kar
"By 1991 Nepali census, the number of emigrants from Nepal had been
6,58,337 of which 89.2% i.e. 5,87,236 persons had gone to India.
Within the period from 1991-2001 the number of emigrants from Nepal
had been 7,62,181 and nearly 68% of them i.e. 5,18,283 persons
migrated to India".

The emigrants of Nepal in many areas of North Bengal have already
out-numbered the local population leading to ethnic tensions and
sometimes violence. Take just the instance for verification, please go
to TOTOPARA of Jalpaiguri District while the land of the TOTOPARA is
exclusively enmarked for the primitive TOTO tribe. You will see there
half of the land is occupied by the Nepali people and it's unfortunate
to hear that TOTO tribes are speaking Nepali! Both central Govt. and
State Govt. of West Bengal are aware of the fact that in December 2009
one NGO named "Janachetana" has filed Public Interest Litigation in
the KOLKATA HIGH COURT, where the petition raised questions regarding
the citizenship status of "Treaty Benficiery Napali Nationals in India
and prayed for directions from the Hon'ble Court to the respondents so
as to prevent flagrant violation of the Art. 326 of the Constitution,
Representation of Peoples Act and Foreigners' Act etc. Except Election
Commission, all the other respondents failed to submit their affidavit
in opposition and remained conspicuously silent over the issue. It is
also heard that "Janachetna" has already moved one more petition
praying for an interim order restraining the respondents from holding
the tripartite meetings with any of the outfits claiming to be the
representatives of the Nepalese whose citizenship status are disputed,
debatable and yet to be ascertained according to the Constitution of
India., Citizenship Act, the Foreigners' Act, the relevant Treaties
and the Central Govt.'s Gazette Notification dated 23rd. August 1988-
till the final disposal of the pending Writ petition by the Hon'ble
High Court. Sir, I am in constraint to say that this sort of disregard
and defiance to the judicial process from the Govt. Administration
will only make people loose their confidence on the system of
judiciary in the country.

Sir, I am not going to mention here the activities of Mr. Buta Singh
who acted as against Mr. Subhas Ghisingh in the earlier days. I would
like to just intimate you that this is not the way to purchase peace
in the Darjeeling Hill by giving them interim set up (autonomous)
which straightly speaks SEPARATE STATE, will be the final one.

Sir, I know that I will not get any answer of this letter , but please
keep it in mind that I will fight tooth & nail against all the odds
he, who may be the political players. I am bound to do so as a true
citizen of this country. Sir, while you are wrongly ready to give a
council, please delete the 'GORKHA" word from DARJEELING HILL COUNCIL.
And for your information, please note that late Rajiv Gandhi and late
Jyoti Basu both were dead-against of inclusion of "GORKHA" word as
because they never heard "GORKHA", the community which was fathered by
"messiah" Subhas Ghisingh.

You see GORKHALAND movement is in no way similar to any other movement
of separate State anywhere in India. In the context of GORKHALAND you
can clearly identify that it is the dacoity, Luliganism, Gundaism of
two sections of people of a simple linguistic Community. One section
is beneficiaries of Indo-Nepal friendship treaty and the other section
is a portion of true Indian Nepali Speaking citizen.

Sir, please remember the Sikkim, the State which having its first
language being Nepali has made a strict barrier to the entry of
Nepalese Beneficiaries , while Behar, West Bengal and U.P. are still
giving the open border and free entry.

Sir, while you have accommodated Nepali language in the Eighth
Schedule, how you can recognize "GORKHA"? Who are they?

With regards.

(TUSHAR PRADHAN)
C/O Uttar Bangla Sambad,
18A/1A, Manoharpukur Road,
Kolkata- 700 026., Mobile : 9830408119
e-mail : charjeeling@gmail.com, charjeeling@yahoo.co.in
Blog : http://banglasambad.blogspot.com
Easy search in google : Gorkha Reporter.

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JENKINS SCHOOL 150 : A LETTER

To

Smt. Smaraki Mahapatra

IAS
District Magistrate,Cooch Behar

 

Dear Madam,

 

Please accept my sincere regards.I am writing this e-mail to convey my concerrn over the callous and un professional approach by the Jenkins School Administration over the 150 year jubilee celebration.It is a high matter of regret that  instead of a high level of commiment by its all alumni through out India and in abroad, there seems to be no effort on the part of the authorities to celebrate the occasion, leaving its alumni disappointed as well as angry and the school authoity have failed to gear up the necessary momentum and enthusiasm to celebrate the cause with a high note.

 

As it is very well known that located in the heart of town, the government-run institution has been declared a heritage property. The school is among the most beautiful edifices in the town renowned for its architectural marvels left behind by the erstwhile princes of Cooch Behar.

I passed my Madhyamik and Higher Secondary exams from Jenkins School and I am proud to have studied in an institution that is a shining example of the education scene in Cooch Behar 150 years ago. I am really disappointed that no one is inclined to celebrate such a landmark year. Along with thousands of  former students, I do strongly feel that your intervention is heavily demanded in the following situation as the school authority did not seem to be interested in the matter for some unknown reasons.

Many alumni including me are willing to donate and contribute academically for our school.

Look forward to hear from you with much eager.

Sincerely,

Amitava Rakshit

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Dr.Amitava Rakshit Ph.D.(IIT,KGP), Diploma in Natural Resources(Greece)TWAS-Nxt Fellow, Biovision-Nxt Fellow(France)
Faculty,
Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry
& Principal Investigator :P26/69 (Council of Science &Technology)
Member, Editorial Board  '' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT AND BIOTECHNOLOGY" and "Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences "
Evaluator of Young Innovators' Awards Program (www.nahdetmasr.org)
INSTITUTE OF AG SCIENCE, BHU(www.bhu.ac.in)
Varanasi-5, UP, India
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WHO CARES!

Jenkins School 150

The Jenkins School, one the best schools in north Bengal, is going to complete its 150 anniversary in February 2011. But the authorities are yet to take any initiative to celebrate the event. The 125th anniversary was also passed off without any celebration. Alleging this the president of Cooch Behar Town Block unit of Trinamul Chhatra Parishad Mr Manoj Roy and others submitted a memorandum to the head master of the school. They demanded immediate initiative to celebrate the completion of 150 year of the school. Mr Roy said the authorities were expected to take initiatives in February of this tear but they ignored the sentiment of the students and ex-students of the school.

Many eminent ex-students too demanded celebration of the 150 year of Jenkins School. On the otherhand, the school authorities said they would convey the demand to the higher authorities in state education department. - Debashis Bhaumik

BRIDGE OVER BAMNI RIVER

A dream-bridge comes true in Alipurduar

The residents of Josodanga village under Alipurduar-II block constructed a bridge over Bamni river on their own. It is hard to cross the river during the monsoon. The swelling river causes damage to farmlands and dwellings too. As they failed to draw attention of the authorities concerned to make a permanent bridge over the river they made it in their indigenous technology. Now it became easier for the residents of villages like Sibkata, Dhalkar and Josodanga under Majher-dabri Gram Panchayat to go the block development office, block health centre, land reforms office and the lone high school by crossing the Bamni river through the bridge.

In winter months the villagers have to cross the river on foot, as the water level remains low. On behalf of block administration a bamboo made bridge also comes up there. This temporary bridge flashes out when heavy downpour inflates the river. During the rainy season the river turns dangerous. Country boats are the main mode of transport during the monsoon. It is risky for the students, farmers, patients and all others to cross the river by boat. But they have to do it, as there is no better alternative.

This year, the locals have decided to construct a suspension bridge on their own. The plan behind it is that such a bridge may not flash out even if the water level of the river rises. Following the plan they constructed the bridge by collecting subscriptions from the villagers. It took about Rs 20,000. They made it with bamboo, wooden posts and galvanised iron wires. The bridge is hanging at a height of about 10-feet from the river-level. "Earlier we made appeals to the authorities but all those gone to deaf ears but at last we proved our worth because we are now crossing the river without any fear of washing out", said a proud elderly villager.