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Gorkhaland Agitation II

Posted by barunroy on December 28, 2007

Bimal GurungDarjeeling, Dec. 27: Bimal Gurung today urged the hills to be “ready for one last statehood fight”, the plans for which will be announced on January 6 at Gorkha Stadium in Lebong, 7km from here.

“It might inconvenience people but everyone must be ready for one last battle for Gorkhaland. We will fight it out democratically and we hope the other parties will not let us down,” said Gurung, the president of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, at a public meeting at Jorebunglow here today.

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