CPRM spokesman Govind Chettri said the GJMM leaders must have been aware of composition of the North Eastern Council. It is a body comprising eight states in the North -east region. Do they think that the areas under the GTA jurisdiction have been promoted to statehood by way of the constitution of the autonomous body .
He said the demand would have assumed importance had it been raised before the GTA agreement itself.
"The demand is infantile. If such a demand is entertained it would raise several such demands in other autonomous bodies spread across the country, he add.
Referring to another GJMM demand that include all the people residing in the Hills, excluding the schedule Castes, into the ST category, the CPRM leader said that it is also a fantastic demand.
A GJM delegation led by GTA chief executive Bimanl Gurung met Union Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde yesterday and had demanded inclusion of the GTA in the North East Council.