'GREATER' HOPE

GCDP delegation to meet CM

As the problems of Darjeeling hills are going to cool down the Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party (GCDP) is getting hopeful about their demands for which they have been striving for a long. A delegation of the GCDP would meet the state chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee on 13 June in Kolkata. They are expecting an amicable solution of their demands.

It may be recalled here that the main demand of the GCDP is formation of a separate state out of West Bengal named Greater Cooch Behar or Kamtapur.

President of the GCDP Mr Ashutosh Barma said a five-member delegation of their party comprising of senior leaders would leave Cooch Behar for Kolkata on 12 June. On the next day they would meet the CM to discuss over their longstanding demands.

Mr Barma said a groundbreaking change has occurred in this state and a new government took over charges pulling down the Left Front. "We hope this government may consider our legitimate demands. The chief minister may take steps to find out a solution to meet the demands. We shall table our problems to her for consideration if she permits us to meet", he said.

The GCDP president Mr Barma said they already sent a letter requesting her to allow them to meet her in Kolkata. He believes that the required permission may come shortly. After the meet the problems of 'Greater Cooch Behar' may be solved as the problems of Darjeeling hills have solved, he hopes.