CPRM opposes Darjeeling-Sikkim merger
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[Continuing with their mud-slinging match, the CPRM today accused Sikkim Rashtriya Mukti Morcha leader, Mr R Moktan, of trying to �indirectly help the GNLF and the CPI-M in the Hills� by advocating the issue of Sikkim-Darjeeling merger.
General secretary of the CPRM Mr RB Rai today told the press that the merger issue was �creating confusion in the minds of the people.� He described Gorkhaland as a demand that had been �understood and accepted by all the Nepali people.�
�While everyone is focused on Gorkhaland, Mr Moktan is making the issue of self-determination complex by calling for a merger between
Mr Moktan had recently decried the CPRM for criticising the demand for a merger and accused it of being insincere in their demand for Gorkhaland.
Raking up the past, the SRMM leader had accused the CPRM leaders of working against the Gorkhaland agitation by becoming informers to the police.
Mr Moktan has been for quite some time, advocating the merger between
The other party vociferous on the issue is the Gorkha Rashtriya Congress, which plastered the town with posters supporting the merger.
When asked about the popular belief that for becoming a state, Gorkhaland is �too small to be credible�, CPRM spokesman Mr DS Bomzan argued that viability of a state did not depend on its size. �Look at
The CPRM also feels by merging the identity of Indian Nepalese would be more undermined. Mr Rai feared that the issue was raising �ethnic tensions� in the region.]
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