Writes Sanjog Chamling MORON ALERT: “I believe slogans like Bharat ki barbaadi or Gorkhaland should be treated as an attack on the integrity of India.” – Chandra Kumar Bose. Chandra Kumar Bose is apparently the BJP face of Bengal who is contesting against Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming assembly election Mr. Chandra Kumar Bose whose […]

Darjeeling: The Hills parties might have been fighting for a separate Gorkhaland state for several decades now, but a schoolbook for Class IV kids in the region has already declared it as the 30th state of the country. Though the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), the forerunner for the statehood demand, has denied any knowledge of […]

Darjeeling, Dec. 2: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today claimed that Union home minister Rajnath Singh had promised to look into the party’s request to form a committee by the Centre to examine the Gorkhaland demand and talk to the state government on the matter. Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri said over the phone from […]

Writes: N N Ojha Gorkhaland is once again the talk of the town. Gorkhas in the Darjeeling hills and else where in India are once again discussing ‘when’, ‘how’ and ‘why not’ about Gorkhaland. Last time it grabbed attention equally intensely was in July 2012 when the then UPA government led by Manmohan Singh as […]

Nov 16, 2015  National Federation for New States (NFNS) Delegation led by Munish Tamang met Union Home Minister Sh. Rajnath Singh today. The delegation reminded him of the Gorkhaland promise made by his party in the 2014 manifesto. The delegation also stated that the demand for creation of new state is not a regional demand and […]

Writes: Sachin Rai Finally I am compelled to write something about the need for creating a state for the Gorkhalis within India, and the name may be given Gorkhaland or any other name, but whatever the name be that should clearly show that Nepali speaking people live in that Indian state. Like every Gorkhali, I […]

Once again a fresh blow of air to the Gorkhaland statehood demand for Darjeeling hilly areas in West Bengal. The demand has kept the political air too hot for last many years. But, is it really to encourage formation of a new state splitting West Bengal as a large section of hill dwellers are demanding? […]

Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Home Minister has agreed to set up a committee to examine our century old demand of Gorkhaland today. Shri S.S Ahluwalia along with the GJM delegation led by Shri Bimal Gurung, Shri Rooshan Giri, Shri Binay Tamang, Shri Anit Tamang, Shri Swaraj Thapa, Shri Arun Sighchi and Shri Phoebe Rai met Shri […]

Darjeeling, Aug 20: Former Sikkim Chief Minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari on Wednesday gave a clarion call for unity amidst the Gorkhas in order to achieve Gorkhaland. Former Sikkim Chief Minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari Addressing a gathering at the Gorkha Ranga Mancha in Darjeeling on the occasion of “Bhasa Manyata Diwas” (on this day in 1992 […]

Modi remark spurs demand for solution on Gorkha ‘identity’ Darjeeling, Aug. 4: Narendra Modi’s offer that India was ready to review its 1950 treaty with Nepal has prompted renewed calls by political parties in the hills to seek a re-look at Article VII of the pact to help solve the “identity” problem of Indian Gorkhas. […]

If the BJP is really sincere about creating a separate state of Gorkhaland, the party should first pass a bill for it in the Lok Sabha, believes GNLF Kurseong branch spokesperson Daya Dewan. GNLF Kurseong branch spokesperson Daya Dewan. However, he said he doubts the sincerity of the BJP on this issue. This can be […]

Flush with the victory of the BJP both in Darjeeling and at the Centre, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung today warned the state government against undue interference in the functioning of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA). arjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia celebrating his win with GJM supporters Wednesday afternoon. Addressing supporters gathered at Chowrastha […]

The BJP won the Darjeeling seat thanks to the support of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is demanding statehood for Gorkhaland. But as their stock rises in West Bengal, the BJP fears being seen as the dividers of the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party is taking heed of the brutal lesson the Congress was […]

To those who doubted and laughed at my earlier post please use internet not only for social network but to know your own people’s struggle for identity and the discrimination faced generation after generation. Demand for Gorkhaland is not new but dated back to 1907 that was initiated with an objective of giving identity to […]

L.K. Advani is learnt to have told the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha during a meeting in Delhi today that it would have to wait for a favourable government in Bengal for its statehood wish to be granted. Bimal Gurung and LK Advani After the meeting, Morcha chief Bimal Gurung wrote in a Facebook post: “Shri LK […]

“It is sad that the BJP has not accepted fully the statehood demand of the Darjeeling Hills (Gorkhaland). The party is trying to ride on two boats over the Gorkhaland issue. I don’t know if the BJP is sincere about the statehood demand but I certainly am,” Jaswant Singh DARJEELING: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) […]

Sukna: Bimal Gurung  appealed to Subash Ghisingh, his mentor-turned-rival, to support the BJP candidate for the Darjeeling seat. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief also made a similar overture to Independent candidate Mahendra P. Lama, who is being supported by two other hill parties — the ABGL and the CPRM. Bimal Gurung appeales Ghisingh to join […]

Sukna : Addressing a massive crowd in Sukna today, the GJM President Bimal Gurung asserted the separate state of Gorkhaland will be formed within Mamata Banergee’s term as the chief minister of West Bengal, but it can only be achieved by supporting Bharatya Janta Party (BJP) in the LS Elections this year. Bimal Gurung says […]