I-CALCUTTA, i-Indiya - Amashumi amawaka abakhenkethi baxinzelelwe kwindawo ekhula iti kwimpuma ye-Indiya ngoLwesibini emva kokuba iqela le-Gurkha libiza uqhankqalazo ukuze licinezele imfuno yalo yelizwe elizimeleyo, livale iihotele, iivenkile kunye neendlela.
I-Gurkha Janamukti Morcha ifuna urhulumente wesizwe samaGurkhas kwiindawo ezisezintabeni ezijikeleze iDarjeeling kwi-West Bengal state.
Zonke iivenkile kunye namashishini avaliwe ngoLwesibini eDarjeeling nakwiidolophu ezikufutshane, indawo eyaziwa ngokuba yiti kunye nemozulu epholileyo, umzobo oqinileyo kwihlobo laseIndiya elitshisayo. Bamalunga nama-40,000 abakhenkethi ababeleqa ukuphuma kule ndawo emva kokuba iqela laseGurkha libacele ukuba bagoduke ngokukhawuleza, utshilo uRaj Kanojia, igosa eliphezulu lamapolisa.
Unobhala-jikelele weqela elisandul’ ukusekwa, uRoshan Giri, uthe izakunceda ngamalungiselelo okuhamba, kodwa ithemba libonakala linzima ukuba zonke izithuthi zikawonke-wonke zingahlali ezindleleni.
“Sibambekile apha nabantwana bethu,” watsho uSanjay Singh, umkhenkethi waseIndiya owayekwiholide nosapho lwakhe. “Sifuna ukuphuma kwangethuba kodwa akukho zithuthi.”
Akukho bundlobongela buxeliweyo, utshilo uRaj Kanojia, igosa eliphezulu lamapolisa.
UGiri uthe ugwayimbo luza kuqhubeka de urhulumente "wamkele isibango sethu sombuso owahlukileyo."
Urhulumente welizwe wayikhaba iminqweno yeli qela.
"Ilizwe elahlukileyo alikho umbuzo," utshilo umphathiswa welizwe uAsok Bhattcharya. "Kufuneka bahlale phantsi kwaye bavumelane ukuba baxoxe kwaye babonisane."
AmaGurkha luhlanga olusemantla eIndiya naseNepal abadume ngobukroti babo bokulwa nobukroti. Baqalisa ukukhonza njengamajoni anyanisekileyo eBritani ngowe-1815 eIndiya. Xa iIndiya yafumana inkululeko kwiBritani ngowe-1947, yaba yinxalenye yomkhosi waseBritani yaza yafumana iwonga lokulwa ehlabathini lonke.
I-Gurkhas, phantsi kweqela elihlukeneyo, i-Gurkha National Liberation Front, yalwela ilizwe elizimeleyo kwi-1980 kwaye yanikwa ukuzimela, okubavumela ukuba balawule amabhunga asekuhlaleni kunye neerhafu zokuthengisa. Kodwa iindawo eziphambili ezinjengezemali kunye nokhuseleko zihlala zilawulwa ngurhulumente welizwe laseWest Bengal.
Iinkokeli zeGurkha Janamukti Morcha zithe loo minyinyiva ayanelanga.
“Asizukuzinza nantoni na engaphantsi kwelizwe elahlukileyo ngeli xesha,” utshilo uBimal Gurung, umongameli weqela.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Gurkhas, under a separate group, the Gurkha National Liberation Front, fought for an independent state in the 1980s and were granted some autonomy, which allows them control over local village councils and sales taxes.
- Tens of thousands of tourists were stranded in the tea-growing region of eastern India on Tuesday after a Gurkha separatist group called a strike to press its demand for an independent state, shutting down hotels, shops and roads.
- Roughly 40,000 tourists were rushing to leave the area after the Gurkha group asked them to go home as soon as possible, said Raj Kanojia, a senior state police official.
