A video by separatist group Kamtapur Liberation Organisation’s chief Jibon Singha dubbing West Bengal government as a “bahirgata ” has created ripples in political circles of the State. What has further created a flutter is that the separatist leader in the video message named three MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party namely Cooch Behar MP Nisith Pramanik, Jalpaiguri MP Jayanta …
A BJP MLA from Kurseong has written to party president JP Nadda, seeking separation of Darjeeling from West Bengal, months after a similar demand made by the saffron camp’s Alipurduar MP John Barla had stirred a hornet’s nest in the state. Barla had demanded a union territory for north Bengal districts earlier in the year, sparking a debate in the …
Prominent tribal leader in West Bengal John Barla and one of the most vocal faces in the party Nisith Pramanik were included in the central cabinet on Wednesday. JOHN BARLA: Prominent tribal leader John Barla, who has been one of the key architects for BJP’s inroads in the North Bengal region and had recently demanded the creation of a union …
Days after BJP MP John Barla sought a separate union territory comprising north Bengal districts, his party colleague Saumitra Khan on Monday raised a similar demand for the Junglemahal region of the state and its neighbourhood areas. Distancing himself from Khan’s views, BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya said the party doesn’t support any demand for Bengal’s bifurcation. He, nonetheless, added that …
Days after Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung broke his ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and extended his support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming 2021 West Bengal Assembly Polls, several BJP leaders from the state along with national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya reached New Delhi and held a meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah on …
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