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ABGL on a new agenda from Feb 3rd
KalimNews: ABGL is ready for agitational programme from february 3rd. In the beginning it will distribute handbills on the account of GJMM's activities taken place within the 28 month to all the leaders of GJMM and its frontal wings. In a press conference at Darjeeling Madan Tamang, President of ABGL stated that so far GJMM has betrayed the people's aspiration and is heading towards the chairs of DGHC. And now after GNLF, GJM's fate will be the same he warned. GJMM's only choice was an alternative to DGHC not an Interim arrangement. It is clear that GJMM has already compromised for the new setup within Bengal but ABGL will oppose it, he further stated. People should not be afraid of GJMM because ABGL will lead the people to its destaination he assured.
Scotland team to Kalimpong on Bicycle
Jayanta Gupta, TNN, KOLKATA: It's an ascent from the mundane to the exhilarating. A group of journeymen from Scotland plan to cycle from Kolkata to Kalimpong a 665 km journey from sea level to 4,600 feet above with adrenaline in their blood and charity on their lips.
The expedition, which will kick off from Kolkata on Valentine's Day, is aimed at raising funds for Dr Graham's Homes School, a Kalimpong institution for over a century.
Most of the 11 members of the group, including two women, are above 50 years old. "The 11-member team will arrive in Kolkata by February 13 with their bicycles. These are packed in cases and have to be carefully re-assembled. They have plans to leave for Kalimpong at 8 am on February 14 from near the Baptist Mission Church on AJC Bose Road. They hope to reach Kalimpong on February 20," said Farokh Sabawalla, who is making arrangements for the team in Kolkata.
Dr Graham's Homes School, which stands on a 500-acre estate, was founded by Rev Dr John Anderson Graham in 1900 for poor children. Till 2008, nearly 8,000 students had passed out from here. For many years now, the UK Committee for Dr Graham's Homes a charity registered in Scotland has been raising funds for the establishment's upkeep and maintenance of the children.
This is not the first time that the committee has organised such a ride. In February 2006, nine cyclists successfully completed the journey. They passed through towns and villages and succeeded in collecting over ?20,000 for the school. In 2008, 10 cyclists repeated the feat and raised ?40,000.
The committee selects a team of up to 20 members for the ride. Members have to own a mountain bicycle and possess a reasonable degree of fitness, which means they have to be able to cycle between 70-130 km per day. The members have paid ? 1,500 each for expenses. Each member will also have to express his or her willingness to raise at least ?1,000 for Dr Graham's Homes either through collections of ?100 each or by organising a charity event. The purpose of the organisation is to help a child Walk this Earth with Dignity'.
The organisers have made it clear that the membership fees or any other expense will not be subsidised by making use of charity funds. Though the ride is bound to be gruelling, the team has been told that it is not a race and members may choose to put their bikes into the back-up vehicle and travel in comfort. Till date, few have actually done that.
After starting from the Kolkata, the team will stop at Krishnagar (63 miles). On Day 2, they will cover 55 miles up to Behrampore. The next stop will be at Kaliachak (53 miles from Behrampore). On Day 4, they will halt for the night at Gajole after a 54-mile ride. On Day 6, they will cover 82 miles between Dalkhola and Siliguri. On the final day, they will make the 44 mile climb to Kalimpong.
UGRF Pamphlets in Kalimpong
Kalim News: United Gorkha Revolutionary Front distributed and left hundreds of pamphlets this morning in different areas of Kalimpong along the Sahid D.B.Giri Road starting from 8th Mile to 13th Mile. UGRF is headed by Ajay Dahal a disputed leader and wanted by Police in a murder case and other crimes. It had started a few progamme for fighting an armed struggle for creation of Gorkhaland.
KalimNews: ABGL is ready for agitational programme from february 3rd. In the beginning it will distribute handbills on the account of GJMM's activities taken place within the 28 month to all the leaders of GJMM and its frontal wings. In a press conference at Darjeeling Madan Tamang, President of ABGL stated that so far GJMM has betrayed the people's aspiration and is heading towards the chairs of DGHC. And now after GNLF, GJM's fate will be the same he warned. GJMM's only choice was an alternative to DGHC not an Interim arrangement. It is clear that GJMM has already compromised for the new setup within Bengal but ABGL will oppose it, he further stated. People should not be afraid of GJMM because ABGL will lead the people to its destaination he assured.
Scotland team to Kalimpong on Bicycle
Jayanta Gupta, TNN, KOLKATA: It's an ascent from the mundane to the exhilarating. A group of journeymen from Scotland plan to cycle from Kolkata to Kalimpong a 665 km journey from sea level to 4,600 feet above with adrenaline in their blood and charity on their lips.
The expedition, which will kick off from Kolkata on Valentine's Day, is aimed at raising funds for Dr Graham's Homes School, a Kalimpong institution for over a century.
Most of the 11 members of the group, including two women, are above 50 years old. "The 11-member team will arrive in Kolkata by February 13 with their bicycles. These are packed in cases and have to be carefully re-assembled. They have plans to leave for Kalimpong at 8 am on February 14 from near the Baptist Mission Church on AJC Bose Road. They hope to reach Kalimpong on February 20," said Farokh Sabawalla, who is making arrangements for the team in Kolkata.
Dr Graham's Homes School, which stands on a 500-acre estate, was founded by Rev Dr John Anderson Graham in 1900 for poor children. Till 2008, nearly 8,000 students had passed out from here. For many years now, the UK Committee for Dr Graham's Homes a charity registered in Scotland has been raising funds for the establishment's upkeep and maintenance of the children.
This is not the first time that the committee has organised such a ride. In February 2006, nine cyclists successfully completed the journey. They passed through towns and villages and succeeded in collecting over ?20,000 for the school. In 2008, 10 cyclists repeated the feat and raised ?40,000.
The committee selects a team of up to 20 members for the ride. Members have to own a mountain bicycle and possess a reasonable degree of fitness, which means they have to be able to cycle between 70-130 km per day. The members have paid ? 1,500 each for expenses. Each member will also have to express his or her willingness to raise at least ?1,000 for Dr Graham's Homes either through collections of ?100 each or by organising a charity event. The purpose of the organisation is to help a child Walk this Earth with Dignity'.
The organisers have made it clear that the membership fees or any other expense will not be subsidised by making use of charity funds. Though the ride is bound to be gruelling, the team has been told that it is not a race and members may choose to put their bikes into the back-up vehicle and travel in comfort. Till date, few have actually done that.
After starting from the Kolkata, the team will stop at Krishnagar (63 miles). On Day 2, they will cover 55 miles up to Behrampore. The next stop will be at Kaliachak (53 miles from Behrampore). On Day 4, they will halt for the night at Gajole after a 54-mile ride. On Day 6, they will cover 82 miles between Dalkhola and Siliguri. On the final day, they will make the 44 mile climb to Kalimpong.
UGRF Pamphlets in Kalimpong
Kalim News: United Gorkha Revolutionary Front distributed and left hundreds of pamphlets this morning in different areas of Kalimpong along the Sahid D.B.Giri Road starting from 8th Mile to 13th Mile. UGRF is headed by Ajay Dahal a disputed leader and wanted by Police in a murder case and other crimes. It had started a few progamme for fighting an armed struggle for creation of Gorkhaland.
In the pamphlets the following points are noted: Gorkhaland is the dream of every Gorkha but it could not be achieved till now WHY?
Was it a victim of cospiracies ?
Is there democracy in the hills now? Are our ladies safe? Is thee any improvement in lessening the corruption, goondaism and bribery than in the period of GNLF? Is GJMM same to GNLF?
Is its agitation democratic, disciplined and honest Or is it corrupt and doing business in the pretext of agitation? Is it a way of engulfing money/ fund/grant of AILA and DGHC or have we empowered them for this?
Will GJMM be able to achieve Gorkhaland or will it achieve another Council?
Can people now choose their leader themselves or have to accept the corrupt and cunning leaders?
Will GJMM compromise with the Govt ?
Is its popularity, impression and control of the public heading towards downfall? Why it cannot leave the old fashioned ideals of Gandhi and becomes a coward?
PEOPLE longed for a change, revival of the demand and accepted GJMM with a vision.
But one year of GJMM has equalled 20 years of GNLF. It is repeating the same dialogue of GNLF, trying to disillusion the people.
Now it is certain that GJMM will not be able to achieve Gorkhaland and it will deceive the people of Dooars .
GJMM has conspired to let Chhatrey Subba be in the Jail forever. It has tried to set aside UGRF too.
GJMM which promised to achieve Gorkhaland within March 2010 else die by self shooting has now become defacto chairman of Council and enjoying the power and using the Council and extending the time frame .
Now it is high time for the youths to achieve the goal and fight a new war because it is the only alternative.
UGRF is ready to take any risk and challenge for achieving the dream of Gorkhaland. It had suspended all of its programme and gave support and chance to GJMM but it failed to do so. GJMM is now a Gorkhaland opposing element full of political cheaters, goondas and mafias misusing the agitation for its own benefit. Its demoralised, immoral, corrupt, lustful, chair crazy character has not only defamed itself but has defamed the entire Gorkha community and paralysed the fight for Gorkhaland.
It is now a final war either all of us will die or will achieve our legitimate right.
KalimNews: Gorkhaland on the Table organised by JSTO Teachers' Wing of GJMM held in Kalimpong today. It was mediated by P.Arjun member of study forum of GJMM and participated by Dr.H.B.Chhetri, Spokesperson, Roshan Giri, Secretary of GJMM: R.Moktan champion of Darjeeling merger to Sikkim and President of Sikkim National Front and R.B.Rai General Secretary of CPRM. Pix: D.K.Waiba
Ghandy confirms Nepal Connection
Maneesh Chhibber, IE, New Delhi:THE interrogation of top Naxal ideologue Kobad Ghandy, currently in custody of Delhi Police’s Special Cell, has revealed the close ties the Maoist leadership has developed with their counterparts in Nepal.
The Sunday Express got exclusive access to the 63-year-old’s secret interrogation report as well as the disclosure statement he made in the presence of witnesses to senior Delhi Police and intelligence officers. Asked about the “confessions” made by Ghandy in his statement, his lawyer Rajesh Tyagi said: “It has been forcibly extracted.”
Arrested on September 20, 2009, Ghandy has been booked under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2008.
In his statement, Ghandy talks of four visits he made to Nepal along with some other top CPI (Maoist) leaders, including Kishenji, between 2002 and 2006. Ghandy also refers to a visit in 2002 by two persons from the Philippines, who provided arms training to CPI (Maoist) cadre in jungle warfare and handling of explosives.
A member of the powerful Central Committee and Politburo of the CPI (Maoist), Ghandy has also revealed details of a 12-day meeting held in November 2007 in a Jharkhand forest, attended by all top Naxal leaders, where resolutions were passed to “create large-scale violence throughout India”, target VIPs, kill police personnel including those belonging to special forces like the Greyhounds, and to “lead a mass movement in and around Lalgarh, Purulia, Bankura”.
The November 2, 2008, attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and then Union steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan in West Midnapore, that narrowly missed them but left six policemen seriously injured, was a result of the same meeting.
Sources said last week a team of the West Bengal Police questioned Ghandy at Tihar Jail in Delhi in connection with the attack.
Talking of the Nepal connection in his statement, Ghandy says that in 2003, he held meetings with Central Committee members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). He names one Vasant alias Ashok of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as the leader with whom he held detailed talks about a possible collaboration.
Another important functionary that Ghandy met and interacted with was Prashant alias Partho, who was one of the three representatives during the talks held by Nepali Maoists with the Nepal government.
The first time, in 2002, Ghandy says, he visited Nepal through the Gorakhpur (UP) border along with one Subramanium alias Sukant. This visit reportedly lasted one week and was held at the invitation of the Nepal Maoists, who wanted their Indian counterparts’ help to organise themselves.
In 2006, Ghandy says he again visited Nepal, this time at the invitation of the People’s Liberation Army of Nepal (PLA). Elusive Naxal leader Mallojula Koteshwara Rao alias Kishenji reportedly accompanied him on the trip.
On all these visits, the Maoists discussed strategies to attack the establishment and to overthrow their respective governments.
The plan to attack Bhattacharjee was reportedly among those finalised at a joint meeting of the Central Committee and Politburo held for 12 days in November 2007 in Saranda forest in Jharkhand, “one day bus/jeep drive from Ranchi”.
According to Ghandy’s statement, of the 26 Naxal leaders who attended the meeting, the important ones were Muppala Laxmana Rao alias Ganapathi (general secretary), Prashant Bose alias Kishan Da (incharge of Bihar and Jharkhand), Nambala Keshava Rao alias Prakash alias Gangana, Amitabh Bagchi alias Sumeet, Kishenji and Cherukuri Raja Kumar alias Parimal.
Among the resolutions passed, he says, was a decision to attack the Nalco unit at Damanjodi (Orissa), apart from attacks on police personnel, a plan to organise mass movements in Lalgarh and nearby areas, targeting important local CPM leaders, and looting of banks in Riga, Sitamarhi (Bihar).
The leadership also finalised a 15-page “technical circular” to the cadre to evade arrest. Ghandy tells interrogators he had 12 aliases that he used to hoodwink police and anti-Naxal forces.
Under these various aliases, Ghandy says, he had written articles for Kolkata-based English publication Voice of Vanguard as well as several books, including World Economic Crisis-Capitalism in Coma that was published by Radical Publication in Kolkata and Philosophy Made Simple published in Mumbai by a professor of St Xaviers College. He wrote some of these articles under own name Kobad.
Ghandy also provides names of leaders, organisations working as fronts for the Maoists in India, saying they enjoy a fair degree of independence but are sometimes given “suggestions” by the CPI (Maoist) leadership. He also gives details of safe houses maintained in states such as Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Bihar and Orissa.
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