Darjeeling 8 Mar 2016 A lot of questions are being asked and speculation is rife among political circles in the hills ever since Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced the name of MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri as the TMC candidate from Kalimpong for the state Assembly election. Many among the general public too have expressed […]

Mukesh Sharma Kalimpong,26th March JAP (Jan Andolan Party) president Dr Harka Bahadur Chetri filed his nomination as an independent candidate from Klimpong today for Assembly Election 2016. Before Dr Chhetri filed his nomination he was escorted by massive party supporter to Thana Dara where a small election program was held. Dr Chhetri addressing the rally […]

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 […]

RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, March 25: The Jan Andolan Party headed by Harka Bahadur Chhetri has listed the statehood demand on top of its election manifesto and said the outfit will work towards it by carving out Darjeeling district and parts of the Dooars by building consensus both at the Centre and the state. When Kalimpong […]

Hill party’s dharna for land rights Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Feb. 17: The Jan Andolan Party started an indefinite dharna on the premises of the Darjeeling district magistrate’s office today to demand land rights for people living in tea gardens and cinchona plantations in the hills. The agitation signals the launch of a campaign by the […]

Rajeev Ravidas Kalimpong, Jan. 31: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has alleged that Harka Bahdur Chhetri labelled Bimal Gurung’s statement on Kalimpong’s links with Bhutan “anti-national” because he was shaken by the mass support the party continued to enjoy and feared that his lie on the Kalimpong district could be exposed. On Thursday, the Morcha president […]

Writes: Vikram Rai Harka Bahadur Chettri’s contention Bimal Gurung’s speech on the 27th is “anti-national” shows how baffled he is after the Maha Jansabha by GJM at Kalimpong. What is the criteria for being branded as “anti-national”? Has this been defined or categorically stated in our Constitution? Yes , we read and hear of various […]

Gurung barb at Harka Writes: Vivek Chhetri Bimal Gurung yesterday accused Harka Bahadur Chhetri of diluting the Gorkhaland demand and criticised the Kalimpong MLA for his closeness with the state government. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president said in a message on Facebook that his party would accept Chhetri’s politics if he took up the statehood […]

Writes: Prashant Acharya Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri alleged Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) for not being serious about Gorkhaland and never asked their MLA’s to raise the demand of separate state before state government instead told to cooperate Mamata Banerjee’s government. After returning from Kolkata today morning Harkabahadur briefed media persons at Siliguri Journalist Club […]

This is why we NEED ‪‎Gorkhaland‬ Nepali Again Not Included as an Optional Paper in WBCS Writes Upendra for TheDC Insanity is often described as “doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results,” going by this definition people in Darjeeling are certifiably insane, not all but those who side with Bengal and hope […]

New Districts Formation Underlines the Case for ‪Gorkhaland‬ Statehood Writes Upendra In a welcome move, the Bengal government has, of late, understood the need for forming smaller administrative units to ensure a more equitable and fast-paced development. More often than not, large administrative units, be they a state, a district, or a block inevitably end […]

The Theater of Absurd: “Let Bimal Make Me GJM President, I Will Start Gorkhaland Agitation From Tomorrow.” – Dr. Harka 2016 elections fever are here in full flow it seems, with GJM President Bimal Gurung and Kalimpong MLA Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri exchanging political rhetoric through press conferences. Political scenario in Darjeeling has today become […]

Writes: Rajeev Ravidas Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri yesterday said he would facilitate a meeting between state education minister Partha Chatterjee and the Janmukti Insecure Secondary Teachers’ Organization (JISTO), but hours later, the teachers’ body said the opposite. The organisation has been holding demonstrations for around 20 days demanding job regularisation for 515 voluntary and […]

Morcha video to nail Harka Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Oct. 1: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has brought out a video clip to show how Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri purportedly changed his stance and went against his own words. The 12.34 minute video mainly consists of various bytes of Chhetri, Bimal Gurung and Darjeeling MLA […]

Much Hyped Debate An Exercise in Futility The much hyped debate between GTA’s “Chief Advisor” Mr. Swaraj Thapa and till recently GJM MLA from Kalimpong Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri was a downer, to say the least. We were expecting fireworks and revelation of the inner-workings of GJM, GTA and the associated Gorkhaland movement, what we […]

It was second jolt to GJMM (Gorkha Janmukti Morcha), when former IAS officer Trilok Dewan resigned from the GJMM following Dr. Harka Bahadur Chettri in less than three days, which shocked entire hills. I was more like a Show-piece in party, not like a legislator. I was presented only when I was required. We did […]

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislator Trilok Kumar Dewan quit the party, which has threatened to revive the separatist movement in northern West Bengal, on Monday. “I am resigning from the party from today. I have already prepared a letter. I have also tendered in my resignation of the seat in the house,” Dewan said. Dewan’s […]

Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri has threatened to quit the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, saying the unilateral way in which Bimal Gurung told the three party MLAs to resign from the Assembly had hurt him. The MLA said this a day after meeting chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kalimpong at a time ties between the Morcha […]