Darjeeling agitating for a separate state of Gorkhaland

Darjeeling unsettling for a different condition of Gorkhaland. TMC's Sikkim general secretary Tshering Wangchuk Lepcha said he and state unit boss P T Lucksom, who is additionally Sikkim's previous agent CM, joined the TMC in September 2013. "For as long as four years, we have been completing our obligations as an Opposition party. We are stunned and overwhelmed by what has been going on in Darjeeling for as far back as 8-9 days. We think it was totally pointless for police to start shooting at quiet dissidents. The general population of Darjeeling are all around tranquil," said Lepcha. 

Lepcha said he sent WhatsApp messages to senior gathering pioneers Derek O'Brien and Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Sunday to advise them of the worries of the gathering Sikkim unit, yet did not get any reaction. 

"We have surrendered on moral grounds… . Once in a while we need to take choices on compassionate grounds. What is going on in Darjeeling is a glaring infringement of human rights and furthermore botch by the state organization. We bolster Gorkhaland in light of the fact that that is the request of the general population," said Lepcha. 

Lepcha included that life in Sikkim has been influenced by the current improvements in Darjeeling. A substantial number of understudies from Sikkim go to contemplate in Darjeeling and are presently stranded, he said. 

He additionally said that the NH-10, which interfaces Sikkim to whatever remains of the nation, goes through Darjeeling and has been confronting irregular barricades in the course of recent days. This has left visitors stranded, he said.