Forum urges PM to create new states

KOKRAJHAR: A delegation of the Federation of New States, a new forum based in New Delhi formed by leaders seeking creation of smaller states, called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday and submitted a memorandum to this end.
The organization is headed by MP Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, who is the president, and Baba R K Dev Tomar, the working president.
Bwiswmuthiary said the creation of new states across the country for better administration and all round development of all communities is the need of the hour. He added that the creation of Telengana is worrying people of that particular region and the members of the federation, which comprises 42 per cent people of the country, are also not happy about the happenings.
He said the federation and the struggling groups can’t remain mute spectators at this juncture. He added that if the Centre fails to create Telengana and other smaller states, they will be compelled to renew their countrywide movement.
The memorandum, which was signed by as many as 16 organizations of smaller states, urged the Centre to play a proactive role to create new states like Telengana, Bodoland and Gorkhaland. Bwiswmuthiary said the federation had staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi recently, seeking creation of new states.