Himalayan Times (1962)

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Himalayan Times

January 21, 1962

Vol. IS JMo. 21, M danMaK/ 21, 1962

KALIMPONG MELA

Editor:

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The annual Agriculture
exhibition at Kalimpong,
which was revived after
a gap of several yean,
will not b« held this year.
This dvoision wis taktti
by the lonal Block Deve-
lopment Committee. Thin
unilateral deoiiion by the
nominated members of the
Block Development Com-
mittee has oome an a
(hook to many. The exhi-
bition wai organised so
far with the active co-
operation of the memb-rs
of the public and it was
surprising why the members
of the Mela Committee
were not consulted before
taking any final decision,

Kalimpong Mela has
a great baok ground and
the people of Kalimpong
attached a great impor-
tance to it. Thousands
have been disappciited
due to the arbitrary deci-
sion of local Blook Deve-
lopment Committee Vil-
lagers who worked herd
throughout the ypar to
exhibit their puduote have
keen disappointed If the
Blook Development Com-
mittee is unable to organise
an annual, routine affair,
it it high, time that this

committee should be re-
constituted.

CHINESE SCHOOL IN
KALIMPONG RAIDED
Kalimpong, Jan. so

The looal Chung Wa
Chinese School has been
dosed for an indefinite
period following a raid on
the sohool by KMT. Chi.
nese and Tibetans here
early last month.

It may be reoalled
here that Nationalist Chi-
nese and Tibetans num-
bering about 215 raided
the school building, early
last month, and started
banging the. doors and
windows. The Chinese
staff of the sohool as also
some members of the
looal Chinese 1 rade Agency
were in the building.
The West Bengal police
reaohed the spot in time
and succeeded in persuad-
ing the orowd to leave
the oornpound. The raid,
ers went away' shouting
anti Communist slogans.

The Chinese trade
agency people have, it is
learnt, removed all move-
ables of the sohool to the
trade agency recently and
have taken charge of the
building.

C. P. I. MEETING AT
KALIMPONG..
Kalimpong, Jan. 20
Speaking in a publio
meeting organised by the
C. P. I. there today 8ri
Batanlal Brahmin blam-
ed the ruling parry for the
loss of nearly 12000 square
miles of Indian territory to
Chinese He said it was
the ineffioienoy of the
Government, which has
failed in proteoting bor-
ders. He appealed to
the Gorkba League can
didate Sri L. H. Joshi
to withdraw from the
contest, so that the Con-
gress might be defeated
in Kalimpong. Sri R. K.
Sinha & Sri Lai Singh
also spoke.

10 NOMINATIONS FIELD
IN KALIMPONG
Kalimpong, Jan.20
Ten persons have sub-
mitted nomination papere
for the Kalimpong Assem-
bly constituency till Satur-
day, the last date for
doing no. The Kalimpong
Assembly Constituency
consists of 58,675 voters
out of a total population
of nearly 1,16,000 people.
Candidates filing nomi-
" nation ^ are: Narbahadur
Gurung (M.L.A ) & Ariba-
hadur Gurung—Congiets;
L. K. Joesee & T. B.
Sharma—Gurkha League;
Kredric Moktan—P S P;
Krishnabhakta Sharma—
CP.I.; Kulbabadur Khati,
Duryodhan Rai, Thakur
Prasad & B. L. Singh-
Independents.