TANGLA: The Gorkha Development Council (GDC), one of the 31 development councils of Assam, has demanded an amount of Rs 20 crore for its 2019-20 budget for socio-cultural development of the Gorkha community of the State.
Disclosing the resentment of the council over the meagre amount of Rs.35.10 lakh allotted by the State Government to the GDC for 2019-20 budget, vice-chairman of GDC and convenor of all existing development councils, Ganga Poudal said that the amount seemed to be a lollipop to the community and it would not suffice to execute any development scheme as the Gorkha community with 25 lakh population was scattered everywhere and the GDC had to rationalize the fund allotment for development. He further informed this correspondent that even though Bhaskar Sarmah, MLA of Margherita LAC, and RP Sarmah, MP of Tezpur HPC, intimated the Chief Minister and State Finance Minister about this and the Finance Minister too had assured to process it within the current financial year, yet nothing was done in reality. The GDC vice-chairman, who is also the coordinator of all development councils, added that other development councils of the State too are unhappy with such an attitude of the State Government.
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