AN UNFINISHED DREAM CALLED GORKHALAND: NUN CHA Of all the secessionist movements that have rocked post independence India, the Gorkhaland movement has perhaps been the longest drawn, most volatile and inconclusive. What began with a demand of recognition of the linguistic and ethno-minority status of the Gorkhas or ‘Indian Nepalese’ by the Hillmen’s Association as […]

With the Narendra Modi government set to take charge on the 26th, the hopes and aspirations of 2.5 crore Gorkhalis spread across India – Gorkhaland has also started to take wings. Following the NDA meeting, Darjeeling MP S S Ahaluwalia has said “The BJP leaders understand that formation of Gorkhaland should not be denied anymore […]

“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) […]

Ourtake: With one realising mistake, people tend to forget. Bimal realising mistake is a right move at the right time. Bimal Gurung seems to have finally begun to understand politics. By admitting that long bandhs were a mistake, he has opened doors for himself to get back the status he enjoyed in 2007 when he […]

“Ourtake: Justice should be in the form of Gorkhaland ” “April 9 is considered as the “Blackest Day” for all Gorkhaland supporters as it was in this day in 2008 that our ex servicemen were injured in a lathi charge by the police when conducting a peaceful rally for Gorkhaland. Till date now no proper […]

Gorkhaland (GL) movement refers to the century old demand of a separate provincial state for the Nepali speaking Indian Gorkha citizens  within the Indian Union. The Gorkha Identity Indian Gorkhas are Nepali speaking community mostly living all along the Himalayan belt and the North-East states of India. Gorkha is an umbrella term for numerous groups […]

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung today renewed the Gorkhaland demand for Darjeeling and said it was necessary for the national identity and security of Gorkhas in the country. Bimal Gurung renewed the Gorkhaland demand The decision to support the BJP for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat was a result of the need for national […]

A day after BJP nominee for the Darjeeling LS seat S S Ahluwalia voiced his support in favour of a separate state of Gorkhaland, BJP leader Tathagata Roy today said the party’s state unit is not in its favour and Ahluwalia’s comment was blown out of context. Tathagata Roy “We, the West Bengal BJP unit, is not […]

The Centre today told the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha that its request for a committee to look into the Gorkhaland demand, on the lines of a similar panel on Bodoland, could be considered only if Mamata Banerjee agreed to it. Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who met a five-member Morcha delegation in Delhi today, later […]

Was it Mamata Banerjee or local politicians who silenced Gorkhaland? Manata Banerjee in a recent interview claimed that her government handled the statehood demand of Gorkhaland better than how the central government dealt with the Telangana situation, which saw massive protests and violence in Andhra Pradesh. Mamata Banerjee also claims, it is due to her […]

After supporting Congress over the passing of Telangana Bill in Parliament, BJP today said the issue of Gorkhaland in West Bengal was not related to Telangana. “The issue of Gorkhaland should not be connected with Telangana. The people of Telangana were much deprived although the region contributed most to the state’s income,” BJP national spokesperson […]

All India Gorkha League Party has sent a memorandum to the honorable President and Prime minister of the country to create a separate state of Gorkhaland. Party general secretary Pratap Khati has sent the memo congratulating UPA Govt move for full filling the long cherish demand and aspiration of Telangana at the same time the […]

Kurseong : The GJM central committee met today at Kurseong as was decided yesterday after the meeting the official Bimal Gurung FB Page came with the following update. The recent Telengana development has now reversed a precedent of seeking the state government’s nod in rearranging a state’s boundary. Bimal Gurung The Telengana Bill was passed […]

The Darjeeling Movement is all about the people and not about the politicians, is what I’d actually like to start this post with. There are, however, sentiments echoed far and wide along this tiny hill stretch, named the Darjeeling District, officially, but more popularly and what the “people” of this place want it called Gorkhaland, […]