NewsX: Carrying placards and banners and raising slogans, numbering several hundred GJM activists began their demonstration on Monday morning. Among those who participated in the demonstration included three GJM legislators in the West Bengal assembly and members from its various wings -- women, student and youth.Terming the demand for Gorkhaland as the oldest demand for statehood, GJM general secretary Roshan Giri said the central government should take up the issue of Gorkhaland along with Telangana."The Gorkhaland demand was first voiced in 1907, which was 40 years before independence. But the central government is not prepared to consider our demand. It is only considering Telangana. Our demand is that along with Telengana, the demand for Gorkhaland must also be considered," said Giri.
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