Trinamool magic won’t work in Darjeeling hills: JAP Darjeeling, Sept. 26: In an obvious sign of relations souring up between the Jan Andolan Party and the Trinamool Congress, the JAP today rebuffed the TMC’s attempts to make inroads in the hills, asserting no national-level party would be able to usurp power in the region. The […]

Writes Mukesh Sharma Kalimpong,31st May Jan Andolan Party thanks the State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who has instructed the process of formation of the five districts in West Bengal to be expedited. The Party which started the movement of Kalimpong District through the banner of Kalimpong District Demand Committee before the formation of party has […]

Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, June 6: The state government has taken the first concrete step to upgrade Kalimpong subdivision to a district with the Darjeeling district administration calling an all-party meeting here tomorrow for their feedback. Assembly elections were fought in Kalimpong mainly on the district demand plank. Anurag Srivastava, the district magistrate of Darjeeling, today […]

19th May 2016 Gorkha Janamukti Morcha has won all three Hill Constituencies, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong in Assembly Election 2016.‎ Morcha candidates Amar Rai won from Darjeeling Dr Rohit Sharma won from Kurseong and Sarita Rai from Kalimpong. Amar Rai, Darjeeling Municipal Chairman, secured 95386 votes and won by 49913 votes in Darjeeling where TMC Sarad Rai Subba […]

Defeated but in race for berths The Mamata Banerjee government is likely to find some key positions for heavyweight ministers who became casualties in the poll fray. According to a source, the chief minister is weighing her options to position at least five former MLAs – Manish Gupta, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Upen Biswas, Shankar Chakraborty and […]

Kalimpong, May 19: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha candidate Sarita Rai defeated Harka Bahadur Chhetri in Kalimpong today by over 11,000 votes, leading to a clean sweep by the Darjeeling hills’ most powerful party. But the loss of Chhetri, the sitting MLA of Kalimpong who had broken from the Morcha and floated the Jana Andolan Party (JAP), […]

West Bengal Govt Response to RTI on Cabinet Approval for Kalimpong District Puts a Question Mark on If Such a Decision Was At All Taken An RTI inquiry seeking clarification on “if the West Bengal government’s Cabinet had approved the formation of Kalimpong district,” has revealed that such an approval may actually still be pending. […]

“Next time if we contest for Prime Ministerial seat we will win” Dr. Harka at JAP Youth Rally in ‪‎Kalimpong‬ A well attended rally by youths from various parts of Kalimpong yesterday led Dr. Harka Chettri to declare “today marks the end of Morcha rule in our hills…” Speaking to the enthusiastic youths, who were […]

There was great need for such a party in the hills, claims Harka, as all other parties have let the people down. “The common man in the hills has suffered immensely because of communal politics. Even the demand for Gorkhaland has been communalised. I want to take people away from this,” he says. The JAP […]

Writes Sougata Mukhopadhyay With the political honeymoon with Mamata Banerjee now well and truly over, the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland has returned to reverberate around the hills of Darjeeling. This time the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has raked up the demand with the state elections as excuse. Morcha candidate from Darjeeling, Amar Rai, […]

Writes Mukesh Sharma Kalimpong,14th April The Jana Andolan Party today in its election meeting released The West Bengal Re-Organisation Bill 2016 in Kalimpong. The meeting which was attended by 10 thousand plus party Supporter was held at Kalimpong Motar Stand. JAP Bureau member and Senior advocate Anmol  Prasad released the draft bill  throwing a open […]

TMC’s hill jot to beat Morcha Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, April 11: The tie-up with the Jan Andolan Party and the GNLF seems to have given Trinamul enough confidence to take on the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in the hills. The first joint meeting convened by Trinamul, GNLF and the JAP drew an impressive crowd at […]

Darjeeling 17 Apr 2016 Amid allegations and counter allegations by candidates notwithstanding, the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly election in the three constituencies of Darjeeling district today ended by and large peacefully, with voter turnout recorded at 69 per cent by five in the evening. Darjeeling SP Amit Javalgi said three poll-related arrests […]

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 […]

Writes Vivek Chhetri and Rajeev Ravidas Darjeeling, April 17: Bimal Gurung cast his vote at Patlaybash Community Hall in booth number 23/95 here today but the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader’s mind was two hillocks away in Kalimpong. Dressed in a blue tracksuit, Gurung voted around 9.30am and during his interaction with the media and supporters, […]

A meeting was held at Darjeeling on 02 April on mobilization of joint campaigning for their chosen candidates in upcoming Assembly Poll which was attended by the Office bearer of GNLF, TMC and Jan Andolan Party JAP. For the joint campaigining a committee too was formed for streaming task in respective levels to outreach mass. […]

Harka confidence & Morcha might Vivek Chheri and Rajeev Ravidas Darjeeling, April 13: A slogan by the whistle blowing supporters of the Jan Andolan Party is rattling Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders in Kalimpong. “Look here, look there, its Harka everywhere,” shout the JAP cadres. Harka Bahadur Chhetri, the JAP president who has been allotted the […]

Darjeeling, April 1: Bimal Gurung today started his campaign in Kalimpong, where one of his former lieutenants Harka Bahadur Chhetri is in a direct fight with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. That Gurung has decided to station himself in Kalimpong for a couple of days is an indicator that the Morcha is not taking the contest […]