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

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Lok Sabha elections: Infighting, camp switch add intrigue to Darjeeling fight
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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Fresh movement for Gorkhaland brewing in Darjeeling
1 year, 10 months ago

Fresh movement for Gorkhaland brewing in Darjeeling

The Hindu  

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 Parties Renew Call for 12-hr Darjeeling Strike Tomorrow; No Question of ‘Banga Bhanga’, Says Mamata
1 year, 10 months ago

Pro-Gorkhaland Parties Renew Call for 12-hr Darjeeling Strike Tomorrow; No Question of ‘Banga Bhanga’, Says Mamata

News 18  

The nine opposition members of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration have once again called for a 12-hour bandh on Thursday, after suspending their call for the strike on Wednesday citing Class X West Bengal board exams, which are starting on that date. The protest is against a motion passed in the West Bengal legislative assembly opposing “attempts to divide the state”. …

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Security Forces Arrest Nepalese Citizen Impersonating As Indian Army Colonel In Darjeeling
1 year, 11 months ago

Security Forces Arrest Nepalese Citizen Impersonating As Indian Army Colonel In Darjeeling

ABP News  

Indian Army and the West Bengal district police jointly conducted a raid on Saturday to nab a Nepalese citizen impersonating as an Indian Army colonel. The arrest was made from Sukhiapokhri area adjacent to the Indo-Nepal border in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, according to news agency IANS. Kolkata: In a joint raid by personnel of the #IndianArmy and the West …

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Darjeeling Drama: BGPM Wins Civic Body Trust Vote; Hamro Party Skips It; Tamang Leaves TMC
1 year, 11 months ago

Darjeeling Drama: BGPM Wins Civic Body Trust Vote; Hamro Party Skips It; Tamang Leaves TMC

News 18  

As the Darjeeling Municipality held the floor test on Wednesday, only Anit Thapa’s Bharathiya Gorkha Prajathantrik Party won it with the support of the Trinamool Congress, while the ruling Hamro Party gave it a miss. A day before the test, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung, Hamro Party chief Ajoy Edwards and then TMC leader Vinay Tamang launched the Gorkha …

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Gorkhaland: A chance for peace
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, …

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GTA polls in Darjeeling hills to be held after 10 years
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 …

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Bimal Gurung hospitalised in Sikkim; GJM not to contest GTA polls
2 years, 6 months ago

Bimal Gurung hospitalised in Sikkim; GJM not to contest GTA polls

Firstpost  

The GJM supremo, who was on an indefinite hunger strike since 25 May demanding the deferment of the 26 June GTA polls and expansion of the semi-autonomous council’s jurisdiction, fell ill on Sunday and had to end his strike Gangtok/Darjeeling: GJM supremo Bimal Gurung has officially ended his “indefinite” hunger strike after he has been hospitalised following a deterioration of …

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Bimal Gurung requests Mamata Banerjee to defer GTA polls till memorandum of proposals implemented
2 years, 7 months ago

Bimal Gurung requests Mamata Banerjee to defer GTA polls till memorandum of proposals implemented

Firstpost  

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 …

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Bengal Polls: Close Fight As Bastions of TMC & BJP Poll in Phase 5
3 years, 8 months ago

Bengal Polls: Close Fight As Bastions of TMC & BJP Poll in Phase 5

The Quint  

In the season of defections leading up to the elections, the TMC's only star acquisition from the BJP’s side was Bimal Gurung. Gurung is a senior leader of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, a Hills party that has aggressively pressed for the demand of Gorkhaland – a separate state for the Gorkha community. While underground, Gurung, a mass leader in the …

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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 | Hill parties may no longer be holding sway in Darjeeling
3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 | Hill parties may no longer be holding sway in Darjeeling

The Hindu  

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 …

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Back to Gorkha identity: Decoding the politics over Darjeeling
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 …

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Trinamool backs former Gorkha strongman Bimal Gurung for Darjeeling foray, BJP sniffs an opportunity
3 years, 10 months ago

Trinamool backs former Gorkha strongman Bimal Gurung for Darjeeling foray, BJP sniffs an opportunity

India Today  

In October 2017, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh was chased through the streets and partymen accompanying him thrashed allegedly by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists in Darjeeling. In Gurung’s absence, Mamata stitched up an alliance with the Binay Tamang faction of GJM, and BJP with the powerful Gorkha National Liberation Front. Photo: India Today In fact, other North Bengal districts …

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GJM leader Bimal Gurung holds 1st public meeting in over 3 years
3 years, 10 months ago

GJM leader Bimal Gurung holds 1st public meeting in over 3 years

India Today  

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung on Tuesday addressed his first public rally after three-and-a-half years in Kurseong, near Darjeeling in West Bengal. "BJP did not do anything for Gorkhas, so I left the alliance and shook hands with Mamata,” said Bimal Gurung at the public rally. As the situation stands, both factions of the GJM — one led by …

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Mission North Bengal: How Mamata plans to wrestle back BJP strongholds
3 years, 10 months ago

Mission North Bengal: How Mamata plans to wrestle back BJP strongholds

India Today  

It was from the northern districts that BJP started its foray into West Bengal. North Bengal, comprising the districts of Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Malda, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur, accounts for 54 out of the total 294 assembly seats in the state. No wonder then that chief minister Mamata Banerjee, during her last tour of North Bengal …

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BJP gets a boost in Darjeeling with a clutch of GJM leaders joining it
3 years, 11 months ago

BJP gets a boost in Darjeeling with a clutch of GJM leaders joining it

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday received a shot in the arm in the Darjeeling hills when some leaders of its former partner, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, joined the saffron camp. BJP had been looking for local support in the Darjeeling hills after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha switched allegiance to West Bengal's ruling party, TMC. The BJP which won the …

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A twist in the politics of the Darjeeling hills
4 years, 1 month ago

A twist in the politics of the Darjeeling hills

The Hindu  

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 …

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Bimal Gurung chapter closed in Darjeeling, says rival faction after crucial meet with Mamata
4 years, 1 month ago

Bimal Gurung chapter closed in Darjeeling, says rival faction after crucial meet with Mamata

India Today  

In a bid to placate the pro-TMC faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met its leader Binay Tamang in Kolkata on Tuesday. The meeting comes in the wake of a sudden political u-turn by GJM founder Bimal Gurung, known for his open rebellion against the Mamata Banerjee government. Gurung, who founded GJM in 2007 …

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GJM’s Binoy Tamang, Anit Thapa to meet Mamata Banerjee: What could it mean for TMC, BJP and West Bengal polls?
4 years, 1 month ago

GJM’s Binoy Tamang, Anit Thapa to meet Mamata Banerjee: What could it mean for TMC, BJP and West Bengal polls?

Hindustan Times  

Amid growing discontent in the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha faction led by Binoy Tamang, after Bimal Gurung resurfaced last week and pledged support to the Trinamool Congress, West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to meet Binoy Tamang and Gorkha Territorial Administration chairperson Anit Thapa on Tuesday. Making his first public appearance in three years, GJM leader Bimal Gurung broke …

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Shikha Mukerjee | TMC realpolitik, BJP & future of ‘Gorkhaland’
4 years, 1 month ago

Shikha Mukerjee | TMC realpolitik, BJP & future of ‘Gorkhaland’

Deccan Chronicle  

Playing the politics of divisiveness by raising expectations that indeed a “permanent political solution” will be found on the demand for a separate “Gorkhaland”, carved out of West Bengal, to fulfil aspirations for a “Bas Bhoomi”, or homeland, or a heartland all Nepali-speaking Indian citizens can call their own, is a signal that the West Bengal Assembly polls, due before …

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'Fugitive of Law is Also Fugitive of Society': West Bengal Guv Dhankhar on Bimal Gurung's Reappearance
4 years, 1 month ago

'Fugitive of Law is Also Fugitive of Society': West Bengal Guv Dhankhar on Bimal Gurung's Reappearance

News 18  

Taking a dig at GJM supremo Bimal Gurung who had recently made a dramatic public appearance in Kolkata after being on the run for three years following charges of murder and cases under the stringent UAPA, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said a "fugitive of the law is also a fugitive of the society". "A fugitive of the …

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Bimal Gurung Supporting Mamata and its Impact in Upcoming Assembly Poll in Bengal
4 years, 2 months ago

Bimal Gurung Supporting Mamata and its Impact in Upcoming Assembly Poll in Bengal

News 18  

It was a clear day and the Kanchenjunga was at its best under the cobalt blue sky. Miles away in Kolkata, as the clock ticked to 6.30pm, the political temperatures had risen considerably with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung announcing his support for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for next year’s West Bengal assembly polls. Our demand for a …

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Who is Bimal Gurung and How Can He Help TMC Win 2021 WB Elections?
4 years, 2 months ago

Who is Bimal Gurung and How Can He Help TMC Win 2021 WB Elections?

The Quint  

After an uneasy relationship with the Left government, when Mamata Banerjee came to power in 2011, Gurung found an opportunity to enter into a truce with the government by signing the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. After the violent agitation in 2017 when Gurung went ‘missing’, Mamata Banerjee was successful in splitting the GJM after Gurung’s close aide Bimal Tamang broke away …

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