Sikkim resolution on Gorkhaland unfortunate: Govt

West Bengal Assembly Speaker Hasim Abdul Halim today termed the incident of passing a resolution by Sikkim Assembly in favour of Gorkhaland unfortunate and not in tune with Parliamentary norms and tradition.

West Bengal Assembly Speaker Hasim Abdul Halim today termed the incident of passing a resolution by Sikkim Assembly in favour of Gorkhaland unfortunate and not in tune with Parliamentary norms and tradition. I cannot call it unconstitutional but it is against Parliamentary norms, Halim today told The Indian Express.

According to the law for bifurcation of a state,the Assembly of that state should pass a resolution for that purpose with two-thirds majority.

As news of the resolution reached Bengal,the state government condemned it. Speaking on behalf of the state government,Ashok Bhattacharya,minister for Urban Development,said it was unconstitutional.

The Trinamool Congress also condemned the move and said the Sikkim Assembly,by passing the resolution,violated parliamentary norms and vitiated federal spirit.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) spearheading the movement for a separate Gorkhaland today decided to felicitate Pawan Chamling,Chief Minister of Sikkim,for taking up the initiative to pass the resolution. We have decided to felicitate him and we have communicated this to his office, Benoy Tamang,Morcha spokesman,today told The Indian Express over phone.

He also said the Morcha will celebrate the gesture extended by the Sikkim legislature for five days from today. We are organising rallies and processions to mark this great gesture of the Sikkimese people. We have asked workers of tea gardens to suspend work on Saturday and Sunday and join us in celebration, Benoy further said.

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