Posted by barunroy on December 5, 2007
Darjeeling, Dec. 4: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today said the Lok Sabha’s decision to refer the Sixth Schedule bill to the Standing Committee was their victory even as a stunned GNLF tried to put up a brave face.
Members of Subash Ghisingh’s party, which has been clamouring for the Sixth Schedule, said they, too, were happy with the decision.
The GNLF was banking heavily on Parliament passing the bill today to counter the anti-special status voices. With the BJP taking an unexpected stand last evening, Ghisingh’s party did receive a jolt but the party leaders maintain that it was definitely not a “setback”.
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Posted by barunroy on December 5, 2007
New Delhi, Dec. 4: The Centre today agreed to send the Sixth Schedule amendment bill to a parliamentary committee. The bill will confer special status on the Darjeeling hills in Bengal, giving the proposed Gorkha Hill Council more legislative and financial powers.
The decision came even as parliamentary affairs minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi asserted that the ruling combine was in a position to pass the bill today itself.
But home minister Shivraj Patil said he had “no problem if the bill was referred to a Standing Committee or Joint Select Committee” as desired by the Speaker and demanded by a section of the House.
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