Gyalshing,11 Dec: A meeting of West District sub-committees of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (BGP), Sikkim Unit and the members of the BGP State working committee was convened today under the chairmanship of the president, BGP West District Committee, HB Pradhan.Meeting decided over the enhancement of a progressive, patriotic and peaceful society. Keeping in view the consistent demand of the youth of the Parisangha, regarding the formation of a separate wing of youth, the meeting today passed a resolution to grant the formation of the same.
The Separate wing would be working in various agendas like the research upon the history of the Indian Gorkha’s helping develop the status of Gorkhas and various works relating with the upliftment of the community. Besides the separate wing of youth would be working for the various social causes such as drug abuse and similar social derormities, upliftment of cultural and social aspects among the youth etc.
Addressing the meet, the president of BGP, Sikkim branch, Dr. Kamal Gururng suggested that the association pertains to the level of national level and hence it was important for every member to develop the vision and their show up their activities up to a national level for which he urged the members to develop the quality of leadership to guide the association at a national level. The ex-secretary to the Government of Sikkim cum patron member of BGP Sikkim, K N Sharma asserted the the activities towards the upliftment of the various cultures of the region and thus expand their activity up to grass root level.
The General Secretary of the BGP Sikkim, S Pandey highlighting the various issues of the Indian Gorkha community and the site at which Gorkha people are looked upon by the other parts of the country he voiced for the united Gorkha population in order to gain their true status among other parts of the country.
The secretary of the association, Pravin Khaling urged that people to mark their community as Gorkha in a community census to be held in the upcoming days. Prior to that Khaling stated that by specifying their own community or rather than in the census the actual count of Gorkha community as a whole would not be known and thus in that case the centre government will not have any base over actual strength of population of Gorkha community in the country.
The meet today also decided over the third year of national level meeting on 2012. The meeting further decided over the handing over the leadership to the memvers in the future programs to be initiated. President of the BGP (Dentam branch) Surat Gurung also discussed the various agenda of the association briefly in the meeting. He stated that the association should check the wrong impression over the association as being a political association, among the general public and thus appealed the members to publicize the association clarifying such notions. The represesentative of Bermiok BGP branch. Ghanashyam Nepal stated his views over the establishment of an office of the association in order to take up the activities of the association in an organized manner.
Two newly joined members of the association from Dentam, RB Rai and YB khatiwada stated that they had joined the association to work out the noble ideas of the association in a better and unanimous way. Treasurer, West District, Sunder Kr. Pradhan, Dentam Secretary HP Chettri, Dillifrm Chettri,Jiwan Prakash Chettri. Madhu Sharma, Narendra Rai and K N Sharma discussed over the agenda of the next meeting. The meet concluded over the decision over the conduct of meeting in Somarey, Soreng and Reshi of West Sikkim.
च्याँदेखि चिहानसम्मको साथी केवल तिम्रो आफ्नो जाति
Shaheed Durga Malla
The Gorkhas are known for their commitment to the nation and they have made great sacrifices to protect its territory and its citizens. The BGP pays homage to these brave souls who have laid down their lives for the country on August 25, the day when Shaheed Durga Malla was hanged by the British in Delhi. However, Balidaan Diwas not only commemorates the martyrdom of Durga Malla, the first Gorkha martyr in the fight against the Colonial British, but also all others who have given their blood in the service of the motherland. So that day, the BGP also pays homage to freedom fighters like Shaheed Dal Bahadur Thapa, Dal Bahadur Giri, Chhabilal Upadhyaya, etc, and to those Gorkhas who have died in fighting enemy soldiers in wars, against terrorists from outside and in extremist-related violence in India.
