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Will ensure TMC wins 18 seats in North Bengal: Bimal Gurung
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON DEC 21, 2020 07:14 AM IST
Gurung went into hiding in 2017 after being charged under anti-terror law by the Mamata Banerjee government for the violent Gorkhaland movement. He appeared before the media in Kolkata in October and announced that he was shifting his allegiance to Banerjee.
Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung, TMC’s new ally, holds first rally in Darjeeling
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 09:40 PM IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat thrice since 2009 with support from the GJM and other parties demanding creation of a separate state since it promised to find a permanent political solution to the hill issue and accord scheduled tribe status to 11 Gorkha communities.
BJP, GNLF join hands for Bengal polls
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri, Siliguri
UPDATED ON DEC 18, 2020 01:28 AM IST
The BJP, which has won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat since 2009, was looking for a new ally after Bimal Gurung of the Gorkha Janmukti Morhca (GJM) switched his allegiance to chief minister Mamata Banerjee in October.
Failed to keep word: Bimal Gurung targets BJP
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON DEC 07, 2020 04:58 AM IST
“The Gorkhas will never forgive Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had once said that the dream of the Gorkhas was his dream,” Gurung said at a rally in Siliguri in Darjeeling district and asked his followers to defeat the BJP in the coming polls.
Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung to address mega rally in Siliguri on Sunday
By Pamod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON DEC 03, 2020 11:01 PM IST
The rally has been planned to mark Bimal Gurung’s return to Bengal’s Darjeeling district after three and a half years.
Bimal Gurung’s faction GJM targets ex-ally BJP in first hill rally in Bengal
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
UPDATED ON NOV 29, 2020 11:18 PM IST
Gurung surfaced in Kolkata on October 21 and offered an olive branch to Mamata Banerjee. He plans to address a rally in Siliguri on December 6.
Bimal Gurung to address supporters in Siliguri but Darjeeling visit uncertain
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON NOV 26, 2020 01:08 PM IST
Bimal Gurung who had allied with the BJP previously has junked the saffron party saying it was not sincere in fulfilling its promises to find a permanent political solution to the Gorkha issue.
Bengal governor targets Trinamool govt over Darjeeling’s fugitive leader
By Pramod Giri
UPDATED ON NOV 01, 2020 04:37 PM IST
He singled out the Banerjee-led administration for meeting Bimal Gurung, whom he obliquely referred to as a criminal. However, he stopped short of naming the GJM founder
Gurung’s re-emergence, alliance with TMC raises questions unanswered
By Tanmay Chatterjee and Pramod Giri | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Siliguri
UPDATED ON OCT 23, 2020 07:51 AM IST
Political parties in Bengal seem to be assessing how Gurung’s return from exile will play out before the assembly election in 2021.
Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung surfaces after 3 years, dumps BJP, allies with TMC
By Tanmay Chatterjee | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON OCT 21, 2020 10:12 PM IST
The Kolkata Police did not try to arrest Bimal Gurung who is wanted under anti-terror law for the violence that rocked the Darjeeling hills in 2017, indicating the TMC leadership has taken a soft stand in the run-up to the assembly polls.
MHA to hold meeting on Gorkhaland Territorial Administration issue today
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Joydeep Sen Gupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 07, 2020 01:35 PM IST
The meeting will be attended by Darjeeling’s district magistrate S Ponnambalam, principal secretary of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and the president of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s Bimal Gurung faction
Darjeeling parties surprised as Centre changes Delhi meet’s agenda from Gorkhaland to GTA
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON OCT 06, 2020 09:04 AM IST
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is the local autonomous body in the Darjeeling hills, which is headed by the Binoy Tamang-led faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha that supports the Trinamool Congress
BJP backs Bengal’s bifurcation, says TMC after fugitive Gorkha leaders’ photo with J P Nadda goes viral
By Pramod Giri | Hidustan Times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON MAR 09, 2020 09:07 AM IST
TMC alleged that the BJP was sheltering those wanted by the police for leading a violent statehood movement seeking to carve a separate state of Gorkhaland out of West Bengal.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP promises solution for Gorkha issue in Bengal, but skirts Gorkhaland
By Pramod Giri
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2019 10:27 AM IST
The Nepalese community in the north Bengal hills has been demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland but the BJP manifesto did not mention it.
Absconding Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung gives Darjeeling a miss
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
UPDATED ON APR 04, 2019 05:16 PM IST
A large number of people gathered at the Bagdogra airport near Siliguri in north Bengal where Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Bimal Gurung and his associates are supposed to land on Thursday after spending about a year and a half in hiding.
Meeting on Darjeeling crisis in Sept, says S S Ahluwalia; Oppn brands it poll gimmick
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON AUG 23, 2018 04:39 PM IST
The Darjeeling MP’s statement comes 11 months after the agitation in the north Bengal hills pressing for a separate state of Gorkhaland gradually subsided after a 104-day shutdown.
Bengal govt secretly identifying land in Darjeeling to house those excluded from Assam’s NRC, alleges GJM leader Bimal Gurung
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
UPDATED ON AUG 06, 2018 07:20 AM IST
Gurung’s statement is being seen as an attempt to seek relevance as TMC seeks to wrest the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat from the BJP, which won in 2014 because of GJM’s support.
Properties of fugitive Gorkha leaders Bimal Gurung, five others attached to cases
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
UPDATED ON AUG 03, 2018 03:31 PM IST
The GJM leader and his wife were among six people declared proclaimed offenders by a Darjeeling court on March 29, four months after they failed to appear before it in November 2017.
Gurung’s daughter used Nepal resident’s results for admission to class 11, alleges Darjeeling DM
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
PUBLISHED ON JUN 27, 2018 12:54 PM IST
The district magistrate has written to the education department recommending action against two schools too.
Mamata govt settling Rohingyas in Darjeeling hills, alleges BJP minister
By Pramod Giri | Hindustan Times, Siliguri
UPDATED ON MAY 09, 2018 03:54 PM IST
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi dated May 3, SS Ahluwalia claimed that more than 320 families have been settled in places such as Deolo, Lava forest, Melli and Rangpo.
