With two new parties sweeping polls on development planks instead of demand for statehood, older forces are having it tough
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According to GJM sources, the MoP, among other suggestions, calls for honouring in letter and spirit the Memorandum of Agreement that was signed in 2011.
Election to 47 wards of SMC, which was won by the CPI(M) in 2015, is likely to be held on January 22, along with four other municipal corporations in south Bengal.
If both Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha and Hamro Party allies with the Trinamool Congress, it will be very difficult for the Bharatiya Janata Party to retain the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, says Harka Bahadur Chhetri.
In a letter to Banerjee, Gurung requested her "to put the GTA election in abeyance till the Memorandum of Proposal (MoP) submitted by the party to government is implemented.
The GNLF, which was a dying force until a couple of years ago, is witnessing a revival, thanks to its partnership with the BJP
With two newly-formed parties at the helm of affairs that are promising to focus more on development than statehood struggle, old forces have a tough time ahead.
Fugitive Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung resurfaces, stirs Bengal hill politics
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Senior BJP leader Mukul Roy’s recent statement has kicked up a storm in the Darjeeling region in north Bengal.
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The GJM leader had claimed in the top court that he was being politically persecuted by the West Bengal government.
However, five additional companies of the CRPF will be in the hills to assist the state police force.
A sub-inspector was shot dead and four policemen were injured in clashes allegedly with Gurung's supporters on Friday.
He said the police faced "heavy fire power" from the group which led to the death of a police sub-inspector and injuries to four police personnel.
The police team had gone to a forest to catch the leader of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
On Thursday, Ghosh was allegedly chased and heckled by rebel GJM supporters, who gathered and raised slogans for saying 'no' to Gorkhaland.
Rajnath Singh, earlier in a statement, said that the Centre was taking all possible steps to resolve the row through dialogue.
"dialogue is the only way out to resolve any problem and solutions can be found through restraint and mutual dialogue within the legal ambit," he said.
Police baton-charged the protestors and arrested 12 GJM supporters.
For Mamata Banerjee, the Gorkhaland struggle had become more than an internal state problem to be solved.
The indefinite shutdown in the hills, which had entered its 78th day on Thursday demanding a separate Gorkhaland state, had paralysed life.
