Gurung and his men resign from GTA to push Gorkhaland demand further

This will clear the hurdle to achieve Gorkhaland, they said

Firming its stand further to achieve a separate state of Gorkhaland, all 44 representatives of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), including party leader Bimal Gurung and General-Secretary Roshan Giri, on Friday tendered their resignation from the semi-autonomous Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA). 

Terming it as an essential move to “clear the hurdle to achieve Gorkhaland”, Giri told Business Standard, “By tendering our resignation, we have sent out a message that we have no hope to remain under any semi-autonomous body and want to achieve full-fledged statehood within Indian boundaries”.

The GJM has 44 representatives, while the state’s ruling party — Trinamool Congress (TMC)