Writes – @oyeketa During the 104 days of the shutdown, Darjeeling experienced what every political uprising faces – blockades, food scarcity, police brutality, unlawful arrests, media-blackout, and everything else that can make any movement fall on its knees. But, what broke the back of Gorkhaland agitation in 2017 was its dependence on the ‘miracles of […]
GJM to support TMC in Dooars
Darjeeling: In a major setback for the BJP, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Thursday announced its decision to forge an alliance with the Trinamool Congress in the forthcoming Panchayat elections, in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts. This comes on the heels of Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP) also throwing its weight behind the TMC in Dooars […]
Bimal Gurung faction GJM Press release on quitting Alliance with BJP
Bimal Gurung faction has released a press release denying Binay Tamang’s recent statement, claiming to be from GJM, that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has quit the NDA with BJP. Here is the Press release: A statement released by Binoy Tamang, the West Bengal government appointed GTA Chairman of the Board of Administrators, that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha […]
बिमलकाे अनुपस्थितीमा अाज पनि पहाडकाे जनता भयभित र असुरक्षित महशुस गरि रहेका छन्। – पुरण छेत्री
बिनय-अनित र ममताले “बिमल गुरूङ” पहाड नचडाेस भन्ने चाहान्छ भने, जनतालाई बिमलले जस्तै जातित्व प्रेम र सुरक्षाकाे प्रत्याभूति दिन सक्नु पर्छ। बिमलकाे अनुपस्थितीमा अाज पनि पहाडकाे जनता भयभित र असुरक्षित महशुस गरि रहेका छन्। पहाडमा जनता अब के चाहन्छन् ? – पुरण छेत्री : बर्तमान अवस्थामा, पहाडकाे जनताले एक किसिमकाे असुरक्षा महशुस गरिरहेका छन्। चेलिबेटीलाई […]
Mamata Banerjee’s first visits Darjeeling hills after 106 days Strike
Mamata Banerjee in Darjeeling: West Bengal CM warns Centre not to assist anyone ‘bent on sundering region’ Making a strong pitch in Darjeeling for peace in the Hills, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged the Centre on Tuesday “not to assist anyone” bent on sundering the region “into tiny bits” for minor electoral gain. […]
DEEP CONSPIRACY TO UPROOT GORKHAS FROM WEST BENGAL AND POLARISE BENGALI VOTES?
Bimal Gurung and many Gorkhas in the hills have been sent show cause notice in connection with their absence from their home region. It is to be noted that Bimal Gurung, Roshan Giri and several others have serious cases sub judicial slapped by the Bengal Government and many GJMM leaders and workers are already behind […]
बारूद थापा बने गोजयुमोका केन्द्रिय उपाध्यक्ष विमलको अदूर्दशिताको कारण जनताले दुःख पाए- बारूद
प्रतिविम्ब न्यूज दार्जीलिङ 28 मार्च। गत 104 दिनको आन्दोलनकालभरि भूमिगत रहेका बागी नेता बारूद थापा पनि आधिकारीकरूपमा अब विनय तामाङ खेमामा सामेल भए। विमल खेमामा रहेर आन्दोलनकालभरि भूमिगत अवस्थामा रहेका बारूद थापाले केही महीनाअघिमात्रै सार्वजनिक हुँदै विनय तामाङलाई समर्थन जनाएका थिए। विमल गुरूङको समयमा कालेबुङका प्रभावशाली नेताको रूपमा ख्याति कमाएका थापालाई हालमा त्यति सक्रिय नदेखिएतापनि […]
सिक्किमको मुख्यमन्त्री अनि जिटिए चेयरम्यान अनि भाइस चेयरम्यान माझ सौजन्यमूलक भेटवार्ता आउँदो २७
सिक्किमको मुख्यमन्त्री अनि जिटिए चेयरम्यान अनि भाइस चेयरम्यान माझ सौजन्यमूलक भेटवार्ता आउँदो २७ मार्चको दिन तय दार्जिलिङ,२४ मार्च २०१८: आज जिटिए भाइस चेयरम्यान अनित थापाले प्रेस बिज्ञ्पती मार्फत आउँदो २७ मार्चको दिन हुने भेटवार्ता बारे जनाएका छन्।उनले भने,’दार्जीलिङ- सिक्किममाझ युगौंदेखि रहिआएको प्रगाढ़ साइँनो अनि सम्बन्धमा अझ थप आयाम अनि प्रगाढ़ता प्रदान गर्ने उद्धेश्यले आगामी २७ […]
Message from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha President Shree Bimal Gurung
To all my Gorkha Family,who have been working and waiting so patiently for the past 8 to 9 months. The news of my arrest which went viral yesterday has caused panic and fear,I want to assure them ,I am safe and secure I carry the Idea of Gorkhaland in my very being. Rest assured that […]
Has BJP fallen out of favour with Gorkhas in Darjeeling?
Writes: Arkamoy Dutta Majumdar [for LiveMint] After enjoying its support for almost a decade, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have fallen out of favour with the Gorkha community in West Bengal’s Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency. Following the visit of S.S. Ahluwalia, the BJP’s current member of Parliament (MP_ from Darjeeling, two key Gorkha parties […]
Bhaichung Bhutia Treated like outsider in TMC
RAJEEV RAVIDAS-Telegraph Gangtok: Former Indian soccer star Bhaichung Bhutia has broken his silence on his resignation from Trinamul last month, accusing a section of party leaders of treating him like an “outsider” while signalling a political career in home state Sikkim. “Since I was an outsider (in Bengal), I was opposed not just by the […]
भाजपाले ममतासँग साटो फेर्न मात्र विमल गुरुङलाई प्रयोग ग-यो। – विनिता रोका
28th March 2018 दार्जीलिङ, २७ मार्च। मोर्चा नेत्री विनीता रोकाले विनय तामाङ र अनीत थापालाई समर्थन जनाएको छन्। गत वर्षको गोर्खाल्याण्ड आन्दोलनको बेला रोका गोर्खा जनमुक्ति नारी मोर्चा, दार्जीलिङ महकुमा समिति अध्यक्ष साथै प्रवक्ताको पदमा थिइन्। तिनी निकै दिनदेखि घरबाहिर थिइन् भने मंगलवार अचानक दार्जीलिङ प्रेस गिल्डमा पत्रकारहरूलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै तिनले विनय र अनीत गूटलाई […]
TMC eyes revival in Darjeeling Hills after SC verdict on Bimal Gurung
TMC charts hill revival plan Party sees chance after SC blow to Bimal Vivek Chhetri (Telegraph) Darjeeling: Trinamul has decided to renew political activities in the hills following a directive from the leadership which believes normality has returned to the region. The immediate reason is last week’s Supreme Court judgment which rejected charges of bias […]
Bimal Gurung’s career finished – Anit Thapa
‘His career finished… impossible for Bimal Gurung to make comeback’ – Anit Thapa The political career of Bimal Gurung, leader of one faction of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), seems to be hanging in the balance in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict as there are now very few straws left for him to clutch […]
IN THE LAND OF RAMKRISHNA AND VIVEKANANDA – Bimal Gurung is an “Asur”
Writes Upendra Bengal, once one of the leading lights of India – where thinkers, philosophers, scholars, reformers and revolutionaries of all hue and colour found acceptance and thrived. The land of Raja Rammohan Roy, Ramkrishna Parmahansa, Swamy Vivekananda, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, Amartya Sen; the land of which it was once said, […]
Darjeeling MP SS Alhuwalia Writes to PM Modi against Mamata’s repressive and arbitrary order
BREAKING: Darjeeling MP SS Alhuwalia Writes to PM Modi; Seeks immediate intervention to end the “draconian emergency-like measures undertaken by the Mamata Banerjee government” Taking strong exception to the filing of FIRs against Sahita Academy Award winners and heads of reputed schools in the hills by the police, Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia has written to […]
Mirik: Trinamul’s launch pad in hills
Bireswar Banerjee Mirik, May 29: From today, Mirik will be Trinamul’s new signpost in the Darjeeling hills. The party is expected to announce and implement a slew of schemes for the hill town and showcase Mirik before the hill people as the example of Mamata Banerjee’s development agenda. “So far, Bengal ministers and Trinamul leaders […]
Gorkha students Kolkata against Gurung’s Darjeeling bandh call
KOLKATA: Gurung of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha made a last ditched effort to make his presence felt and give fresh air to the now dormant Gorkhaland movement by calling for a 12-hour bandh in the Darjeeling Hills on September 28. The objective of the bandh is to demand details of Rs 4,000 crore spent in hills […]
