Suraj Subba, the former general secretary of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s trade union, was arrested on Monday in connection with the 2017 June 8 clash that triggered the last round of the statehood agitation in the hills. He was the general secretary of the Terai Dooars Plantation Labour Union before Binay Tamang took charge of […]
Bimal Gurung faction GJM Press release on quitting Alliance with BJP
Bimal Gurung faction has released a press release denying Binay Tamang’s recent statement, claiming to be from GJM, that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has quit the NDA with BJP. Here is the Press release: A statement released by Binoy Tamang, the West Bengal government appointed GTA Chairman of the Board of Administrators, that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha […]
BJP Extends Support to GJM Agitation Against Making Bengali Language Mandatory
LANGUAGE ISSUE: BJP Extends Support to GJM Agitation Against Making Bengali Language Mandatory All India General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party Shri. Kailash Vijayvargiya has spoken out against the Mamata governments proposal to make Bengali language compulsory in all the schools across Bengal. In turn he stated BJPs support to the ongoing agitation against […]
GJM called Darjeeling bandh, State govt. and administration set to foil the strike
Morcha to TMC: avoid conflict – Ministers to camp in hills on bandh day Telegraph Darjeeling, Sept. 26 : The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today “requested” the Trinamul Congress and the GNLF to stay away from confrontation during the 12-hour bandh on Wednesday 28th September 2016, but the ruling party announced that three ministers would be […]
Roshan Giri’s Effigy burnt in Darjeeling
DARJEELING 24 Aug 2016 More than 200 voluntary teachers of primary schools in the hills today burned the effigy of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabhasad Roshan Giri in Darjeeling town and submitted a mass resignation from the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the party they were linked to. Five hundred and nineteen teachers are presently serving voluntarily in […]
Pradip Pradhan joined Trinamul blaming GJM not delivering on its promise
Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Aug. 24: Bhupendra Pradhan, a founder member of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the GTA chairperson, today joined Trinamul, blaming the hill party for failing to deliver on its promise of development. Pradhan, who is better known as Pradip, joined the state’s ruling party in the public meeting at the Kurseong […]
GJM triumph: Darjeeling hills vote for Gorkhaland, reject Mamata’s TMC
Writes: Priyata Brajabasi Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress’ might have swept West Bengal but it failed to dislodge the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in the Darjeeling hills. Despite Banerjee’s attempts to gain a foothold in the hills, the GJM won all 3 constituencies in the area – Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong. The message from the Darjeeling […]
This Election: Why GJM?
Writes Binu Sundas An interesting old video was posted today in my whatsapp, which shows Dr. H B Chettri addressing a meeting somewhere in the plains. He concludes his speech saying that we will work together, walk together and reach our destination together. Yes they have worked together as well as walked and is trying […]
