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Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP MP Raju Bista wins by a huge margin

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Raju Bista won the Darjeeling parliamentary seat of West Bengal. Darjeeling Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Key candidates and parties Darjeeling is one of the high-profile seats out of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal. Darjeeling Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voter turnout West Bengal saw a voter turnout of 76.58 per cent in …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Voting under way in 3 seats in West Bengal; no violence reported

Hindustan Times

Voting for the three Lok Sabha seats – Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj – in West Bengal was going on peacefully with no allegations of any large-scale poll-related violence, an Election Commission of India said on Friday. “Voting was going on peacefully with no allegations of any large-scale poll related violence,” said an ECI official. There was mild tension reported from …

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8 months ago

New political alignments put demand of Gorkhaland at the backdrop in Darjeeling

The Hindu

Marked by fresh political alignments, the elections in Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat in 2024 has emerged as one of the most interesting electoral contests in West Bengal. While the politics of Darjeeling hills for the past several decades has been centered around the Gorkha identity and demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland, the issue seems to have taken a …

Political Congress Party Gorkhaland Demand Bjp Siliguri

8 months ago

Lok Sabha elections: Infighting, camp switch add intrigue to Darjeeling fight

Hindustan Times

The Darjeeling seat in Bengal goes to the polls on Friday in circumstances that has made the contest even more intriguing than usual -- infighting in the local units of both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, a tussle that has seen Gorkha leaders switching camps, the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress making a desperate bid to snatch the seat …

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8 months ago

Congress’ Binay Tamang expelled for ‘anti-party activities’

The Hindu

Three days ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Darjeeling, the Congress party on Tuesday expelled prominent hill leader Binay Tamang for six years for his “anti-party activities”. The development comes after Mr. Tamang extended support to the BJP’s Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat candidate, Raju Bista. Mr. Tamang was upset after the Congress fielded Munish Tamang, an academic, for the …

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8 months ago

Lok Sabha elections | Strategically key seats go to polls in West Bengal in second phase

The Hindu

Three seats in north Bengal — Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat — will go to the polls during the second phase of the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on April 26. The BJP’s Raju Bista is contesting from Darjeeling which has emerged as a three-cornered contest with the Congress fielding academic Munish Tamang, who has the support of local Hamro …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Mining Baron Janardhana Reddy Rejoins BJP Ahead of Polls, Yediyurappa Calls it 'Good Decision'

News 18

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: NDA Seat-sharing in Maharashtra Finalised, BJP to Fight on 27 Seats BJP-led NDA has finalised its seat-sharing discussions with Shinde’s Sena and NCP in Maharashtra, sources said on Monday. Describing it as a “homecoming,” Reddy said that the merger aimed to “strengthen Narendra Modi’s leadership and support his third term as Prime Minister.” Lok Sabha …

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11 months ago

Former Foreign Secretary Shringla rises as Darjeeling’s ‘Bhumiputra’

The Hindu

Ahead of Lok Sabha election as the political temperatures are soaring in the Darjeeling hills over the demand of fielding ‘Bhumiputra’ ’ from the constituency, former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has emerged as a contender from the seat. “Essentially, I am guided by the will of the people and I am giving back to the people of Darjeeling,” the …

Lok Sabha Trinamool Bjp Lok Sabha Election Darjeeling Shringla Candidate Bhumiputra

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Buzz grows over Shringla entering Lok Sabha election fray from Darjeeling

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: Could former foreign secretary and G20 coordinator Harsh Vardhan Shringla be a potential Lok Sabha candidate in 2024 from Darjeeling? The posters, featuring the 61-year-old Shringla in a suit, in his avatar as president of the Darjeeling Welfare Society, and simply greeting everyone for the new year, seem innocuous. Party member Sanjib Biswas said: “All of us would …

Gorkhaland Bjp Sabha Election Darjeeling Shringla

2 years, 5 months ago

Ahead of presidential election, Mamata meets Himanta in Darjeeling

The Hindu

Ahead of the election to the office of President, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met her Assam counterpart Himata Biswa Sarma in Darjeeling. The Assam Chief Minister said he was visiting the Darjeeling hills at the invitation of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. While Ms. Banerjee was visiting the hills to participate in a number of events, …

Assam West Bengal Mamata Presidential Banerjee Jagdeep Dhankhar Darjeeling

2 years, 5 months ago

Gorkhaland: A chance for peace

The Hindu

Published : Jul 10, 2022 18:00 IST The long-awaited election to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, the regional autonomous administrative body in the Darjeeling hills of north Bengal, has been a significant victory in more ways than one for the ruling Trinamool Congress. Not only did its “political friend”, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha, win 26 of the 45 GTA seats, …

Peace Political Election Trinamool Mamata Banerjee Gorkhaland State

2 years, 5 months ago

GTA polls in Darjeeling hills to be held after 10 years

Hindustan Times

Elections for the semi-autonomous Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills are scheduled to be held on Sunday after a gap of 10 years, even as a section of the political parties have boycotted the polls. Elections for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills are scheduled to be held on Sunday after a gap of 10 …

Election West Bengal Party Gorkhaland Held 10 Years Hills

2 years, 9 months ago

New entrant Hamro Party sweeps civic body polls in West Bengal's Darjeeling

India Today

The ruling Trinamool Congress won big in the elections to 108 civic bodies in West Bengal, the votes for which were counted on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha won nine seats, TMC won two and Bimal Gurung's Gorkha Janmukti Morch won three in the civic body. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES ON BENGAL MUNICIPALITY ELECTION RESULTS The Hamro Party toppled …

West Bengal Party Bjp Body Polls Darjeeling Hamro Party

3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 Phase 5: Full list of 45 constituencies set to vote today

Firstpost

A total of 45 seats spread across north Bengal and the hilly areas of West Bengal will vote Saturday in phase five of the multi-phased election. The fifth phase will see over one crore voters deciding the fate of 342 candidates across 45 constituencies spread across six districts. Full list of constituencies going to polls in phase 5: Sr no …

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3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal elections phase 5 live updates

The Hindu

Over one crore voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 342 candidates on Saturday, when 45 assembly constituencies go to polls in the fifth phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19. Here are the live updates: 6.00 pm West Bengal polling till 5 pm: 78.36℅ Jalpaiguri: 81.73% Kalingpong:69.56% Darjling : 74.31% Nadia: 81.57% North 24 Parganas: …

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3 years, 8 months ago

5th phase of Bengal polls: Hill districts in fray; TMC, BJP aim to secure foothold

Hindustan Times

The fifth phase of the West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 will be held on Saturday, April 17, across 45 constituencies spread over six districts. 45 assembly constituencies in 6 districts In Phase 5 of the West Bengal assembly elections, 45 seats across five districts -- Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, and Purba Bardhaman -- go into polls. 16 …

Elections Assembly Congress West Bengal Districts Hill North

3 years, 8 months ago

Back to Gorkha identity: Decoding the politics over Darjeeling

India Today

Identity as Indian citizens and the fundamental right of the Gorkhas to represent themselves is at the heart of the 2021 elections in the five key constituencies of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Matigara-Naxalbari and Phansidawa. The key to all elections in the hills, that is, in the three subdivisions of Darjeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong since the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Accord was …

Local West Bengal Party Trinamool West Mamata Banerjee Hill

3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal Elections 2021 | Cooch Behar killings turning point, BJP to be routed from north Bengal: Bimal Gurung

The Hindu

Asserting that Saturdays firing by the CISF in Cooch Behar, which claimed four lives, would prove to be a "turning point" in Bengal polls, Bimal Gurung, the chief of one of the two GJM factions, claimed that the BJP would face the wrath of voters in the remaining four phases of polling in the northern part of the State. Mr. …

Mamata Banerjee State North Bjp Seats Bengal Nda

3 years, 8 months ago

Game-changing phase in West Bengal

The Hindu

THE third, fourth and fifth phases of the eight-phase West Bengal Assembly election on April 6, April 10 and April 17 will witness some interesting battles in the ruling Trinamool Congress’ strongholds and in constituencies that are now considered the Bharatiya Janata Party’s bastion. As 120 of the 294 Assembly constituencies go to the polls in these phases, it is …

Congress Election West Bengal Party Lok Sabha Mamata Trinamool

4 years ago

Fact Check: Social media gives 'Rohingya' angle to attack on BJP leaders in Bengal

India Today

With months to go for elections in West Bengal, a video of a mob attack is circulating on social media with the claim that it shows Hindus in the state being thrashed by Rohingyas. AFWA probe With the help of appropriate keywords, we found that the video is from 2017 when GJM activists attacked Dilip Ghosh and other state BJP …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Friends in need

India Today

On October 21, Bimal Gurung, leader of a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha faction and a fugitive from the law in West Bengal, made his first public appearance in three years. Despite the many charges filed against him, including under the UAPA, he held a press conference in Kolkata that day, announcing that he was ending his alliance with the BJP-led NDA …

4 years, 2 months ago

'Friend' Bimal Gurung's Exit from NDA Will Impact Next Year's Bengal Election Results, Says BJP MP John Barla

News 18

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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4 years, 2 months ago

Absconding Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung resurfaces in Kolkata, quits NDA, allies with TMC

India Today

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, who has been on the run for the past three years, resurfaced in Kolkata today and announced that he was quitting the NDA and allying with the Trinamool Congress ahead of the 2021 Bengal assembly election. "The BJP said it would find a permanent political solution for the Darjeeling Hills and recognise 11 Gorkha …

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Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP MP Raju Bista wins by a huge margin

Lok Sabha elections: Voting under way in 3 seats in West Bengal; no violence reported

New political alignments put demand of Gorkhaland at the backdrop in Darjeeling

Lok Sabha elections: Infighting, camp switch add intrigue to Darjeeling fight

Congress’ Binay Tamang expelled for ‘anti-party activities’

Lok Sabha elections | Strategically key seats go to polls in West Bengal in second phase

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Mining Baron Janardhana Reddy Rejoins BJP Ahead of Polls, Yediyurappa Calls it 'Good Decision'

Former Foreign Secretary Shringla rises as Darjeeling’s ‘Bhumiputra’

Buzz grows over Shringla entering Lok Sabha election fray from Darjeeling

Ahead of presidential election, Mamata meets Himanta in Darjeeling

Gorkhaland: A chance for peace

GTA polls in Darjeeling hills to be held after 10 years

New entrant Hamro Party sweeps civic body polls in West Bengal's Darjeeling

West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 Phase 5: Full list of 45 constituencies set to vote today

West Bengal elections phase 5 live updates

5th phase of Bengal polls: Hill districts in fray; TMC, BJP aim to secure foothold

Back to Gorkha identity: Decoding the politics over Darjeeling

West Bengal Elections 2021 | Cooch Behar killings turning point, BJP to be routed from north Bengal: Bimal Gurung

Game-changing phase in West Bengal

Fact Check: Social media gives 'Rohingya' angle to attack on BJP leaders in Bengal

Friends in need

'Friend' Bimal Gurung's Exit from NDA Will Impact Next Year's Bengal Election Results, Says BJP MP John Barla

Absconding Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung resurfaces in Kolkata, quits NDA, allies with TMC