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“We have received an invitation last night so it has been decided that GJM will attend the meeting. A delegation of senior GJM leaders will attend the talks. It has not been decided who will be part of the delegation,” GJM MLA and senior leader Amar Singh Rai told PTI.
The development comes on a day when the indefinite strike in the hills for a separate state of Gorkhaland entered its 73rd day today. A senior state government official said, “We have sent letters to various parties including the GJM asking them to attend the talks. Other parties such as the JAP, the GNLF, the ABGL and many other parties of the hills have also been invited for talks.”
The GJM which had expressed its willingness to attend the talks had set a pre-condition that they should be officially invited. The state government has called for talks on August 29 in response to a letter form the GNLF requesting a dialogue to restore normalcy in the hills. “As we have been invited now, there is no harm in attending the talks,” a senior GJM leader said.
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Tamang’s missive was preceded by a letter of GJM chief Bimal Gurung who wrote to the state government on Wednesday night requesting a “political dialogue” on the demand for a separate state.