GCDP's cycle rally held

 

COOCH BEHAR, Jan. 22: The supporters of the Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party (GCDP) organised two bicycle rallies in Cooch Behar today. The first rally started from Harinchawara and the other from Patlakhawa. Getting united in front of the gate of Cooch Behar Palace they left for Tufanganj. From there they are to proceed towards Golokganj in Assam where the activists of All Koch Rajbangshi Students' Union (AKRASU) will took over the responsibility of the rally to arrive at Lakhimpur.

 

When the bicycle rally entered in the town curious onlookers gathered beside the streets. Normal traffic movement was disrupted till departure of the slogan-shouting cyclists. Not only youths but also elder persons participated in the rally. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere during the cycle rally, police said.

 

The president of GCDP, Mr Ashutosh Barma said today that the plan behind today's programme was to highlight their demand for proper implementation of the merger agreement that was accorded between the then Maharaja of Cooch Behar and Government of India in 1949, formation of a separate state and recognition of their mother tongue.

 

On 4 February the umbrella organisation of three similar minded organisations including the GKUF will observe Rail Roko programme and from 3 March they will organise a dharna (sit-in demonstration) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, Mr Barma said, who is also the general secretary of the GKUF. On 15 April they are to organise a central rally at Maynaguri, he added. []