Tribal leader John Barla was inducted into the Prime Minister Narendra Modi cabinet on Wednesday as Minister of State for Minority Affairs, strengthening the new team’s idea of ‘Sabka Vikas’. According to an article in Hindustan Times, he briefly flirted with the idea of being a part of ‘the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha before dumping them …
Several ethnic groups, which had spearheaded agitations for creation of separate states in north Bengal over the past few decades, have now rejected a BJP MP’s controversial demand for an Union Territory comprising all districts of the region, calling it an “unrealistic” and “vindictive” move. Mr. Barla, during an interaction with the party’s north Bengal leaders, had said he would …
Two BJP MPs have demanded bifurcation of West Bengal and carving out a Union Territory comprising North Bengal districts out of the state. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would not allow BJP to divide the state and "take away people's rights". I want to make it clear that the BJP has no such agenda to divide Bengal or create …
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