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Pro-Gorkhaland units in the Darjeeling Hills, including the GJM and the Hamro Party, have indicated that a fresh movement will be launched to press for separate statehood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Darjeeling has witnessed several agitations over the years, with political parties promising people a separate Gorkhaland state and the implementation of the Sixth Schedule, which grants …

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Pro-Gorkhaland forces call for bandh in Darjeeling hills

Published : Feb 22, 2023 12:40 IST A day after the West Bengal Assembly passed a resolution against any attempt to divide the State, which was tabled by the ruling Trinamool Congress on February 20, pro-Gorkhaland forces in the Darjeeling hills called for a 12-hour bandh on February 23 in protest against the resolution. Pointing out that the State’s class …

Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chairman Anit Thapa met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here and discussed various issues related to the development of the Darjeeling Hills. The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of recent political churning in the Hills after Gorkha Janmukti Morcha withdrew from the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration last month, claiming that promises were not fulfilled. The GTA, …

Mamata urges peace, announces slew of projects for Darjeeling hills

Participating in the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected members of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged the people of Darjeeling hills to maintain peace, adding that development can only happen if there is lasting peace “You will have to promise me something. If you can maintain peace, then I can request the IT people …

Mamata announces slew of developmental projects for Darjeeling hills

Published : Jul 12, 2022 18:48 IST West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a slew of developmental projects in the Darjeeling hills on July 12 during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected members of the Gorkha Territorial Administration, the regional autonomous administrative body in the hills. Appealing to the people for peace in the days to come, Mamata …

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, …

GTA polls in Darjeeling hills to be held after 10 years

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 …

The West Bengal government has decided to hold election for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, an autonomous body to administer Darjeeling, in June this year Kolkata: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supremo Bimal Gurung has requested West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to defer the GTA poll until the memorandum of proposals submitted by the party is implemented in the hills. The West …

Like the steep and narrow roads leading to Darjeeling, politics in these hills of West Bengal is marked by twists and turns. In his absence, the State government gave control of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, a regional autonomous body to Binay Tamang and Anit Thapa who remained the Trinamool’s electoral ally but were against Mr. Gurung. They use a phrase …

A twist in the politics of the Darjeeling hills

THE reconciliation between the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal and Bimal Gurung, the erstwhile undisputed leader of the Darjeeling hills of north Bengal, has given a new twist to the volatile and unpredictable politics of the hills. In 2017, Gurung fled the Darjeeling hills after the Mamata Banerjee government slapped a number of criminal charges, including those under the …

Amid series of protests against GJM leader Bimal Gurung by his opposition camp in the Hills, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked Binoy Tamang for a talk at the state secretariat on November 3 in Kolkata. Mamata’s intervention came after the Hills had witnessed massive protests against Bimal Gurung ever since he extended his support to Mamata Banerjee …

With Covid-19 cases on the rise in north Bengal, the administration in Darjeeling district on Wednesday banned the entry of tourists to the hills till July 31. In the plains, a complete lockdown will be enforced in nine community wards in Siliguri, north Bengal’s biggest town and trade hub and Jalpaiguri district from Thursday evening. Anit Thapa, chairman of board …