Breaking his prolonged silence, Gorkha National Liberation Front chief Subash Ghising today said he was opposed to 'Gorkha-Adivasi Pradesh' -- the new name proposed by GJM for Gorkhaland.
"It is not at all practical to change the name of Gorkhaland to Gorkha-Adivasi Pradesh, since issues affecting the Gorkhas and the Adivasis are totally different. The two cannot be combined," Ghising, once the undisputed leader of the Darjeeling hills who first gave the name Gorkhaland, told reporters.
"Only a political solution can solve the problems of the hills and that is the only way out," Ghising, who ruled the hills almost unchallenged till 2008 before being forced to flee to the plains by the GJM, said. Ghising was now staying at a guest house in Jalpaiguri provided by the state government.
