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

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Game-changing phase in West Bengal
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 …

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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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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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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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Amid Protests Against GJM's Bimal Gurung, Mamata to Hold Meeting With Binoy Tamang on Nov 3 to Resolve Differences
4 years, 1 month ago

Amid Protests Against GJM's Bimal Gurung, Mamata to Hold Meeting With Binoy Tamang on Nov 3 to Resolve Differences

News 18  

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 …

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'Friend' Bimal Gurung's Exit from NDA Will Impact Next Year's Bengal Election Results, Says BJP MP John Barla
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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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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Gurung’s Return to TMC Fold Evens Out Mamata’s Attempt to Climb Contours of Darjeeling Hill Politics
4 years, 2 months ago

Gurung’s Return to TMC Fold Evens Out Mamata’s Attempt to Climb Contours of Darjeeling Hill Politics

News 18  

Kolkata: The sudden re-emergence of fugitive Gorkha Janamukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung at the gates of Gorkha Bhavan in Salt Lake, Kolkata on the afternoon of Durga Puja Panchami made the rumour mills run overtime about his possible truce with Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee. That calculation, along with certain reform policies like the state’s Chaa Sundari …

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