After John Barla, Soumitra Khan demanded separate Junglemahal state and its neighbourhood areas

News Desk: After BJP MP John Barla, his party colleague Saumitra Khan on Monday demanded a separate Junglemahal region of the state and its neighbourhood areas.

Khan said “I think a Junglemahal state, consisting of Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, and parts of Birbhum and two Medinipur districts, along with some other areas, should be carved out to meet the demands of employment and development. John Barla has voiced the grievances of people in north Bengal. I am also doing the same for the people in my area. There is nothing secessionist in his demand. It will be a part of India, and the region won’t be denied financial package from the Centre for political reasons, as is being done under the TMC regime”

“If the TMC dispensations leeway to Rohingya Muslims, who have settled all over Bengal, isn’t changing the demography of Bengal, the creation of a state, too, won’t. TMC dispensation has given key ministerial responsibilities to leaders in the metropolis, while those from Junglemahal and north Bengal faced neglect” Khan added.

He further added “If Prime Minister Narendra Modi is labelled as bohiragato by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee why shouldn’t she be described as bohiragato by the youth of Rarh Bangla”