Gorkhaland Leh Zogam Mimawl’ Tehkakna - I

 ‘ZOGAM’ i chih bangvual un Gorkhate’n (India a teng Nepali-te) amau’ Zogam ‘Gorkhaland’ kichi neih ut in 1907 pek in kivaihawmna tuam ana lunggulh pan uhi. Mawlchik a kipan in Gorkhaland min leng gingsak zezen lou in tang-gam (Darjeeling Hill Areas) adia kivaihawmna tuam ngen in zaidamtak in ana tangkoupih uhi. Eilawi zaatneu tuamtuam kigawmkhawmte bangmah in amau leng zaat tuamtuam Gurung, Tamang, Rai, Limbu (Subba), Thapa, Sherpa, Pradhan, Dorjee, leh adangdang kigawm ahi uhi. I kibatlouhna uh bel: Eilawi ‘Zomi’ a kimin veklou, Kuki leh Mizo alah kimin vek tuanlou a i omlai un Gorkha-te bel ‘Gorkha’ ah kimin in Gorkha min zang in kipumkhat thei ua, population et-in leng eilawi sang in tam zotham uhi. Eilawi mahbang in mawl teisam ahihman un bangmah muhzoh neilou in kum tampi ana vakvai uhi. Eilawi in ‘Zogam’ kichi bangchik vel apan mitsuan a, sual ana kipan i hi ding ua? ZRO kichi pawlpi, 1993 in phuhkhiat ahi a, amalam in ZNC min in i gam hulum sim hehu hi.

British-te’n India a nawtsiat ding kuan un hiai Gorkha-te’ tawndan-khosakdan paizia akiim-apam ua namdangte toh kibanglou ahihdan phawk in; mahni kivaihawm a atuamdin theihna ding un gam/kivaihawmna tuam pe ut uhi. Himahleh Gorkha-te tenna kuam a namdangte Politics-a ana pilkhin uh ahi ngei dia, ana daalpah uhi. A Gorkha-te mah inle panlak dingdan tuan thei samlou a a-omkal un ana kaankuah sawm British-te’n tangtawn adin India ana pawtsanta uhi. India a ukhlai himhim un British-te’n hiai Gorkha-te: akim-apam ua mite toh kibanglou- tawndan leh mihinzia ah hitaleh, tuam ahihdan uh phawk in West Bengal State sung a om hinapi Daan chituam zang in Gorkha-te tenna zau ana vaihawmkhum uhi. A hun laitak a ana mawl lawkha ahi ngei ding uh. Eilawi mahbang in zu-leh-sa kham a khophawklou a a-omkal un mite sikden ana hi uhi.

British India ah kiteelna nanungpen 1946 in om hi. Hiai huntan in namvai ah kitangzialna ana uang law nailou ahi ding. A Bengali-te ngekngek leng mimal a enlou in Party min a en in Gorkha-te mahmah in ana teelching uhi. Huchi’n, hiai Gorkha-te tenna kuam ah CPI-te hong haat uhi. Pu Jyoti Basu, West Bengal Chief Minister lui, 2010 a si ngeileng hiai hun a CPI min in kiteelna ah ana ching hi. CPI-te’n Darjeeling ah khawmpi lian a hon nei ua, Gorkha-te deihna bang in thupukna poimohtak ana lak uh tuh: Gorkha-te gamkhat sung a a-omkhawm theih ua, a kivaihawm tuam theihna ding un Darjeeling District, Jalpaiguri District banah Nepal leh Sikkim (huai hunlai a Country ana hi) gamsung mun khenkhat laheek a ‘Gorkhasthan’ kichi State nget ding chih ahi. CPI in Constituent Assembly kiang ah 6^th April 1947 in ‘Gorkhasthan State’ ding ngetna Memorandum ana pelut uhi. Himahleh, hiai ‘Gorkhasthan State’ in a huamkhak ding India gamsung kia hilou a, apolam tanpha ahihman in hiai issue thu haksa ahi chi’n a ngetna uh nawlkhinsak in ana om uhi.

Sawtpi mahmah muhzoh neilou a a-om nung un a thilnget uh bawl lamdang zek in Subash Ghisingh makaihna nuai ah 5^th April, 1980 kum in Political Party ‘Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF)’ kichi phuan in, India sung a State khat muh teitei sawm in ‘Gorkhaland’ (Hiaipen ‘State within India’ ahi) thagum-thatang zang in ana sual uhi. Police, Para-military forces toh bang kinawktuah in sihna tanpha tampi’n tuak in Jail tang bangle tampi om uhi. Kiphinna huaisetak mai toh kipingpa vei uhi. Hiai hun a agam nget uh: Nepali pau zangte’ tenna, West Bengal mallam gam a Darjeeling, Dooars leh Terai gamte ahi. Eilawi in bel ZRO khazapna nuai ah thauvui-thautang kaikhawm mahle hang kua nawkle hi pilou in mahni kivenna didan lel a kizang tadih hi'n ka thei hi. A helna uh 1985-’86 vel, a haat mahmah lai uh hidan a chiamteh ahi. Huchi’n, Central Govt. ah Congress in vaihawmna a letlai, 22^nd August 1988, in ‘Darjeeling Hill Accord’ kichi kilemna suai a hon kaai uhi. Hiai kilemna tungtawn in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) kichi a hong piang hi. DGHC in Darjeeling nuai a Sub-Division 3: Darjeeling, Kalimpong leh Kurseong pumpi a huap banah Siliguri Sub-Division sung a mun khenkhat Gorkha-te tenna deuhlak huapkha hi.

DGHC a pianna ding in 22^nd August, 1988 in Kolkata a Banquet Hall, Raj Bhavan (The Governor’s Palace) ah zinglam dak 10:00 in Central Govt., State Govt. leh GNLF in suai kai uhi. DGHC toh kisai in thukhun poimohtak hiai om hi: “In the overall national Interest and in response to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s call, the GNLF agreed to drop the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland. For the social economic, educational and cultural advancement of the people residing in the Hill areas of Darjeeling district, it was agreed to have an autonomous Hill Council to be set up under a State Act”. Hiai kilemna a’ Political Party lianpen uh GNLF in pom mahleh hiai thukhun in State tuam neih ding dalkha ahihman in Gorkha-te lak ah lungkimlouhna nasatak a hong piang pah hi. Hiai DGHC eilawi’ Autonomous District Council (ADC) toh kibangchet kei mahleh kinaihna mahmah nei hi.

Eilawi in bel ‘Autonomous District Council (ADC)’ 1972 kum a Parliament a ki-passed liuliau ‘The Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council Act, 1971 tungtawn in kinei hi. Manipur ah ADC guk ana om hi. Himahleh, lungtunglou in 6^th Schedule ngen in Singtang mite’n kiphinna i na nei ua, huchih dungzui in Manipur a ADC-te awlawl in sukbei in hong om hi. Churachandpur ADC bel March 1989 in hihbei in om hi. DGHC a a’kilametna uh a saan mahmah hang in a’khitui nulna dingphet uh ana hi. Huchi’n 1988 apan 2004 dong term thum ah kiteelna ana neitou ua, Subash Ghisingh Chairman di’n ana ching toutou hi. Hiai DGHC lungkimhuai huntawklou ahihdan phawk in Gorkha-te’n 6^th Schedule lunggulh in helna chi tuamtuam ahon pannawn uhi. Thawm om vengvungte kal ah 2004 DGHC kitelna neilou ua, West Bengal State Government in Subash Ghisingh, GNLF-te leader Caretaker di’n 2005 in guanthoh hi.

Lohching tou zel in Central Govt., State Govt. leh GNLF ten 6^th Schedule Tribal Council khat ‘Gorkha Hill Council’ kichi pian theihna ding in Memorandum of Settlement (MOS) kichi pom in 6^th December, 2005 in suai a hon kai nawn uhi. Hiai Gorkha Hill Council tuh DGHC kizatna sung kia a zat ding chihdan ahi. Eilawi inleng 6^th Schedule deih ziak in kum 20 khong MDC/ADC i na koihdap hang un 6^th Schedule mu zou mahmahlou in ADCC i pom nawn ua, kipahpih mahmah hi ni hangh. Bangladesh, Myanmar leh India a teeng Zomi-te a ding kivaihawmna khat ‘Zogam’ muhsawm a kiphutkhia i pawlpi uh ZRO in ‘United People’s Front’ (UPF) khazapna nuai ah ‘Suspension of Operation’ (SoO) agreement 22^ndAugust, 2008 in Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi ah ana kaai ua, huai agreement point-te lungtunhuai taktak mah a diam, hon chisak hi. Hiai SoO a “..One of the prominent features of the ground rules under SoO is that they (UPF/KNO) have now stopped demanding separate homelands and will protect the territorial integrity of Manipur..” leh a tung a i gen, “..the GNLF agreed to drop the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland..” kinaihna mahmah om ka sa hi.

6^th Schedule mitsuan in DGHC kitelna leng neinawn tuanlou a Subash Ghisingh kia in hon puaktouh chiang in nekgukna khong hong lian in, nidang a kiteelna a neih seklai ua Councillor a ana pangkhate lak diakdiak ah lungkimlouhna/vuina tuamtuam hong lian a; amau (Gorkha-te) sung mahmah ah kituahlouhna hong lian hi. Eilawi in Political Party kichian neikei mahle hang amau bel Political Party tuamtuam tampi ana nei ua, huaite lak ah GNLF ahaatpen-alianpen ahi. Amau sung a kituahlouhna neuhneuh a neih bangdeuh un eilawi le issue khat hong om chiang in Zomi-Kuki-Hmar kikal ah kituahlouhna neuhneuh i neizel uhi. A Meitei-te le hipah zezen lou in ei-le-ei kituakthei mahmahlou i bang uhi.

Gorkha Hill Council deih bawlsim napi; hun hong paizel ah thunung khualthei zodeuh a ahon geel chiang un a huapkhak ding gam ah lungkim zoulou in Darjeeling District pumpi banah Jalpaiguri District sung a Dooars gam a Gorkha-te tenna munteng uapsak ding hon deihta uhi. Kia thamlou in, Darjeeling District leh Dooars a teeng Gorkha atamzaw in State khat neihding lunglut zaw in Gorkhaland mah hon chi tinten pianta uhi. Hichibang in amau sung ah kitheihsiamlouhna neuhneuhte om mahleh, huai kituahlouhnate sangmah in State a deihna uh liansak zaw uhi. State deih a alungkimlouhna uh a hong let hiaihiai dungzui in West Bengal State Govt. in leng mipite sou en in patau panta ahi ngei ding uh. A neuzaw ‘antah’ a zang in khemdaih sawm in kin-le-buang in Gorkha-te 6^th Schedule Status piak ding ut thethu uhi. W.B. State Govt. in khabe seep siamtak in Central Govt bang a hon thuzoh in kin-le-buang in Parliament ah paisuaksak sawm in Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) bang refer pah zezen lou uhi. Home Minister in Parliament ah 6^th Schedule Bill a puaklut lai in, “In fact, the hurry in passing the Bill was because of the fear that if there are delays, it may land to a deteriorating situation in that sensitive area” chi kheelkhal hi. CPM a MLA, MP-te leh Subash Ghisingh, GNLF heutupa mahmah inleng 6^th Schedule kintak a piak a poimohdan leh a huihnung gikdan PSC kiang ah tuadan mah in gen uhi.

Huchi kawmkal ah, Gorkha-te tenna zaau a Political Party 21 omte lak ah CPM leh GNLF-te chihlouh Party dang 19-te’n 6^thSchedule deihlou chi’n PSC kiang ah Representation bawl uhi. PSC in leng Darjeeling leh Siliguri amun mahmah a va enkhe ding chi’n 6-8th February 2008 sawm uhi. Himahleh, Darjeeling District Administrator in a bouruak gikdan gen in PSC kiang ah va phalou din hilhkik hi. Huchi’n PSC in a va phak ding uh tawpkik thak uhi. Eilawi' Zomi Council inle Autonomous Tribal State (ATS) Indian Constitution a Article 244, 244A pansan in ngetna 16^thDec., 2010 in Union Home Minister kiang ah Memorandum ana pelut uhi. I hong haat taktak uleh antah chi tuamtuam- 6^th Schedule e, bang e, zang in khemna i tuaktou kha thei uhi.

GNLF leader Subash Ghisingh 6^th Schedule a lungkim huntawk ahihlai in anuai a seem a muan mahmah DGHC a Councillor Bimal Gurung in Gorkhaland mah chi tinten in Party kalh a gamtang, chia ngoh in Oct. 4, 2007 in GNLF apan nohkhia uhi. GNLF sung a kituahlouhna neuhneuh kaal ah 2007 in Indian Idol Contest a hong omkha chet hi. Indian Idol ah Gorkha mi Prashant Tamang, Finalist Round a tunlai in Subash Ghisingh daai dide hi. Himahleh, Bimal Gurung in Prashant Tamang adin Gorkha-te lak ah naktak a campaign hon pan in hong lar mahmah hi. Loh-le lohching mahmah in Prashant Tamang Indian Idol-2007 hong hi hi. Hiai hun lemchang a la in Political Party khat ‘Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’ (GJMM) kichi 7^th October 2007 in hon phuan hi.

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[N.B.:Authors’ note: Hiai article: 1)Memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister, G.o.I by the CPRM, 2) The Telegraph 18^th July, 2011 issue, 3)Wikipedia, 4)Lawm-te hon mail khenkhat leh 5) Hotel Muvanlai~ V.L. Mangzou’ gelh enkawm a mimawl muhdan ahi a, adik chiahlou a om kha maithei. Hiai Gorkha-te leh i kibatna/kibatlouhna omte suutleng banghiam zillai a omkha ding, chih lametna ziak a gelh ahi. Lunglut bangzel in a sutzop theih ding.]