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Gorkhas seek Mizos’ backup

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AIZAWL: Leaders of Siliguri-based Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh, a federation of Indian Gorkhas, met Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Friday at his residence seeking his support on the Gorkhas’ demand for homeland.

Led by its secretary general Sukhman Moktam, the Parisangh leaders urged the Chief Minister to take up the issue with the Centre at the earliest possible time.

The Chief Minister also assured them of all possible help.

The Gorkha community in Mizoram has also expressed a strong support to the long-standing demand of a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of West Bengal. ‘Gorkhaland is the only solution to protect the identity and life and culture of the Gorkha community in India,’ the Mizoram Gorkhas Federation has said.

Mizoram has a sizeable number of Gorkhas who have been living with the majority Mizos for more than a century. (UNI)

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