Dr Swamy Calls for Formation of Gorkhaland Union Territory BJP Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy has called for BJP to fulfill their promise, and to keep Gorkhaland as number one priority. He tweeted, “Time for the BJP to start looking at our 2014-to date the party’s organisational culture. In many. States we had made […]
Bhaichung might become Darjeeling District TMC president
Siliguri, June 17: Mamata Banerjee is likely to announce the new president of the Darjeeling Trinamul district committee in Calcutta tomorrow and ex-footballer Bhaichung Bhutia and Pratul Chakraborty are being considered for the post, sources in the organisation said. The chief minister, said the sources, wanted the replacement of Ranjan Sarkar, the current president of […]
Sarita Rai, GJM’s Kalimpong MLA candidate Surprise – Will it work?
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha yesterday announced candidates’ names from the hills and the plains for the state Assembly election, and sprang a surprise by pitching a female candidate from Kalimpong constituency to take on MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri. It was no surprise about Rohit Sharma, the incumbent legislator from Kurseong, being retained, while Darjeeling municipality […]
Videos – Kalimpong part of Bhutan, a lease-hold land – Bimal Gurung
Addressing GJM public meeting at the Mela Ground in Kalimpong on Gurung 28th Jan 2016 GJM chief Bimal Gurung suggested that Kalimpong could not get the status of a district till the lease was cancelled and India incorporated the area.Kalimpong is a no man’s land, lease-hold land, you first show by incorporating this area inside […]
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leadership unhappy with Mamata Banerjee
Mamata moves upset Morcha Writes Vivek Chhetri The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leadership is getting increasingly unhappy with Mamata Banerjee’s style of functioning visa-a-vis the hills less than a fortnight after Bimal Gurung welcomed the chief minister in Darjeeling with a bouquet. The Morcha’s disillusionment with the chief minister stems from her move to launch a campus […]
Ahluwalia clarifies his speech on Gorkhaland issue on I-Day in Kalimpong
Writes Prashant Acharya Darjeeling BJP MP S S Ahluwalia today called media to clarify his speech on Gorkhaland on Independence Day. BJP Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling S.S. Ahluwalia had lent his support for Gorkhaland in an address during an Independence Day event in Kalimpong. S S Ahluwalia today called media to clarify his speech on […]
GJM compromised the statehood demand for tribal status – CPRM
The Communist Party of Revolutionary Marixist (CPRM) on Sunday accused the GJM of compromising with the statehood demand for the sake of obtaining tribal status for the people of the hills of Darjeeling. Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxist today called for a pan-India movement to achieve a separate Gorkhaland state- file photo The aspiration for […]
Gurung Meets Mamata in Private, asked to Transfer All Departments to GTA
The GTA and GJM Chief Bimal Gurung met with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in private yesterday. According to sources, the meeting which was held at the Chief Minister’s Chamber in Nabanna was held for over 45 minutes, and there was no one present in the office other than Mamata and Bimal. After the meeting was […]
