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Ghising tears down GJM flag at his
residence
WSN Network
SILIGURI: Former
undisputed leader of the Gorkhaland movement in
Darjeeling
hills Subash Ghising has torn down a flag of the Gorkha Janmukti
Morcha (GJM) at his residence where he is cocooned these days.
Ghising had
repeatedly asked security men posted at his
Zakir Hussain
Road residence to take away the flag which GJM supporters had
hoisted replacing his Gorkha National Liberation Front’s.
However, the
security men refrained from doing so in order not to anger the GJM.
Ghising, leader of the GNLF, has reportedly been sidelined by the
GJM which is fighting for the same cause. Sunday morning, the
72-year-old GNLF chief came out of his house and tore down the flag,
eyewitnesses said.
Three weeks ago
a group of ex-servicemen reportedly replaced the only GNLF flag
fluttering at his residence with a GJM flag, signalling the end of
Ghising’s undisputed leadership of the popular Gorkhaland movement.
GJM president
Bimal Gurung, when contacted, laughed away Ghising’s “antic” act,
saying, “Bechara bahut frustrated hai (the fellow is very
frustrated). However, we are not taking it seriously at all. We have
no time to spare to think or discuss the activities of a joker.”
Some reacted to Ghising’s act by saying that it was only he ‘who has
the courage to remove the GJM flag’. “A sleeping tiger should not be
ignored. Ghising is not finished yet,” reacted another person on
condition of anonymity.
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July, 2008
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