Kamtapur People’s Party (KPP), which demands separate nation for Kamtapuris in North Bengal and Assam, has claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would address their rally in Cooch Behar on April 25.
KPP is considered the political arm of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), a proscribed terror outfit active in North Bengal and Assam. However, the ban on KPP had been lifted a few years back after it gave in writing to the left front regime in West Bengal that they would cut ties with the KLO. But they did not budge from their demand for separate nation for Kamtapuris.
KPP general secretary Atul Roy said, "We had even invited the prime minister of India for our rallies. What is wrong with the chief minister attending it?”
Modi, who received an invitation before 2014 election, however, did not attend the rally.
Asked about it, Roy told THE WEEK, “We are sure that chief minister would come and attend our rally. The CM has given recognition to our Rajbangshi language. So we would like to felicitate her.”
Trinamool Congress has maintained a stoic silent.
“Chief Minister will arrive on April 24. But I am unsure about her program,” said North Bengal affairs minister, R.N.Ghosh.
Tourism minister Gautam Deb said, “I don’t have any comment to make regarding this.”
The local administration also did not disclose anything regarding the programme of the chief minister.
