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Demand for separate State

SILIGURI: A new group has emerged in north Bengal demanding a separate State of Kamtapur with certain areas of neighbouring Assam and Bihar. The new group, the Greater Kamta United Forum (GKUF) was launched on Tuesday in Cooch Behar, its president Amit Roy said on Wednesday.

It comprised the Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP), Greater Coochbehar Democratic Party (Ashutosh Barma led faction of Greater Coochbehar Peoples Association), (GCPA) and the All Cooch Rajbanshi Students' Union (AKRASU) of Assam, he said.

The proposed Kamtapur state would include eleven districts of Assam, all six districts of North Bengal and two districts of Bihar inhabited by Rajbanshis, Roy said. The GKUF's movement for a new Kamtapur state would be democratic and ``meet the aspiration of the oppressed Rajbanshi community,'' he said.

A nine member GKUF executive committee was formed with three members each from the constituent partners. - PTI

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