Siliguri, Jan. 9: Political outfits clamouring for Kamtapur have hurriedly lined up a series of programmes to mount pressure on the Centre for a separate state.

The move comes in the wake of reports that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is toying with the idea of a Second State Reorganisation Commission to look into the demands for new states.

However, Atul Roy, the president of the Kamtapur Progressive Party, like many others rallying for a separate state — for instance some of the parties in the Darjeeling hills supporting Gorkhaland — appeared not to know that the idea of the commission was still in a nascent stage.

“As soon as we came to know of the Centre’s decision to form the commission, then we contacted leaders of other political parties and associations to discuss our future course of action,” said Roy. “We will ask the government to include our statehood demand in the list to be looked into by the commission.”

The pressure tactics of the organisation includes a cycle rally from Malda to Lakkhimpur in Assam from January 18, rail roko on February 4, demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on March 3 and a 72-hour strike on March 31.

The railway blockade and the bandh will be restricted to the six north Bengal and 11 Assam districts — the jurisdiction of the proposed Kamtapur state.

Roy will be helped by the Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party and All Koch Rajbanshi Students’ Union.

Leaders of the Kamtapur People’s Party led by Nikhil Roy were guarded in their response. “We are yet to take a decision,” a leader said.