29th December, 2008 - Why not end the year with a bandh

Now there is a bandh even on dialogues which means talks across the table is not feasible but solutions can only be found by violence. This seems to be the message of a state wide bandh convened by Jana Chetna against the tripartite dialogue on the Darjeeling imbroglio in north Bengal.

“We want the Centre and the state government to clarify their stand on the foreigners’ issue first before venturing for the talks on the sensitive issue. The aliens among the Nepalese community must be screened from the genuine Indian citizens and only then a rightful dialogue can commence on the vexed issue,” Jana Chetana leader in Siliguri, Mr Mridul Chakravarty said.

Well, why not end and begin a year with bandh.