Kolkata, December 14: The Forward Bloc, a major Left Front constituent today adopted a resolution at its party conference against the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s demand for a separate Gorkhaland, saying ‘a new state cannot be created dividing Bengal’.
In the resolution, which was passed at the concluding session of the party’s three-day conference, the party said “Secessionist forces are raising their heads after the announcement of a separate Telengana state by the Centre.
“Particularly it is being noticed that outfits like Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in Darjeeling and the one spearheading a campaign for creation of Greater Coochebehar in West Bengal had got a boost to hatch conspiracies to divide Bengal,” the resolution said.
“We want to clearly state that the people of Bengal would not accept such secessionist conspiracies and pressures,” the resolution said.
–Agencies