New panel to spot ‘errors’ in GTA report irks Justice Sen

This a day after the state government in a bid to pacify the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) agreed to set up a panel under Secretary (North Bengal Development Corporation) Manoj Agarwal to verify the facts that were taken into consideration into the preparation of the Sen committee report. The GJM,while rejecting the Sen panel report,had claimed that there were factual errors in it.

Sen,who had earlier asked all the parties to accept the recommendation,was reportedly very upset when he came to know about the formation of a new panel to verify his report. “During the tripartite meeting in 2011 it was decided that the decision that may be taken shall be binding and shall be accepted. But it seem that it was only on papers. In reality they were not accepted,’’ an aide of the retired justice said.

“If a report is so urgent then the state government should have mentioned a deadline,” the aide added.

The verification committee has not been given any deadline by the state government to submit its report.