A day after joining the Congress, Binoy Tamang, a senior leader in the Darjeeling Hills, on Monday said the time has come to find a permanent political solution for the Gorkhas about their longstanding demand for a separate State of Gorkhaland.
Mr. Tamang, 58, who was previously with West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, said that it was the Congress which gave recognition to the Nepali language which he considered as the biggest achievement for the Gorkhas, whereas the BJP gave nothing but “fake promises”.
Mr. Tamang, a former chairman of the semi-autonomous Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) formed by the Mamata Banerjee government to administer the hill districts, was earlier a close aide of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung before falling out with him and joining the ruling party in the State.
