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Second all-party meeting on Darjeeling issue on Tuesday
Kolkata/Darjeeling, Sep 11 (IANS) Amid infighting within the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) over temporary withdrawal of indefinite shutdown, the second round of all-party meeting on the Darjeeling issue will be held on Tuesday.
West Bengal Tourism Minister Goutam Deb on Monday said: “We are hopeful of resolving the deadlock. People of Darjeeling do not want strike.”
The meeting will be held in the north Bengal branch of state Secretariat, Uttarkanya.
“Life is slowly getting back to normal and after the meeting I expect things to fall in place,” said Deb, a Trinamool Congress leader from north Bengal.
The north Bengal hills have been on the boil for about three months after the GJM revived its demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland.
Normal life has been paralysed since June 12 due to the indefinite shutdown, called by the GJM, severely impacting the region’s economy based on tea, tourism and timbre.
However, the situation is limping back to normalcy in some areas of the hills — mainly in Kurseong and Kalimpong — as schools and many branches of public sector banks opened. Local transport services have also started.
Leaders of the GJM, which is spearheading the agitation, had said they would attend the meeting but did not divulge the details of the participants. They also said the party would press on its demand for a separate state.
However, confusion over the GJM’s participants in the meeting remains as the West Bengal Police has been in search of party’s chief Bimal Gurung and other key leaders for their alleged role in creating disturbances in the hills.
Meanwhile, in yet another blow to GJM leadership, a district court in West Bengal last week issued an arrest warrant against eight GJM leaders including Gurung.
Ousted leader Binay Tamang, who recently said he and his friends would hold a fast unto death after the September 12 all-party meeting to press the government for ending suffering of people in the hills, on Monday claimed they would attend the meeting.
“We will attend the meeting as representative of GJM because state government extended the invitation to us,” he said.
After the first leg of meeting in Kolkata, the principal party in the hills became a “divided house” as a faction of the GJM leadership including Tamang and Anit Thapa had announced withdrawal of shutdown for 12 days.
The top brass of the party rejected the decision, saying the shutdown would continue.
Subsequently, the party leadership expelled Morcha’s Joint Secretary Tamang and Thapa, accusing them of conspiring to derail the Gorkhaland movement.
Another key hill party, Gorkhaland National Liberation Front, on Monday said a nine-member delegation led by Maan Ghishing would attend the meeting which will be presided and chaired by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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