BJP, which has won Darjeeling LS seat since 2009 with nominees from outside the hills, would need a local face to counter Binay Tamang, who could be Cong candidate in 2024
The party, which is an ally of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the hilly regions of north Bengal, bagged 349 out of 598 gram panchayat seats in Darjeeling. In Kalimpong, out of 281 seats in 42 gram panchayats, BGPM won 168 seats in at least 30 gram panchayats | Kolkata News
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief executive Anit Thapa claimed that his Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) will remain "the only relevant party " in the Himalayan foothills of West Bengal as it will "sweep the July 8 rural elections ".
Residents of West Bengal's hills in the north are getting prepared to cast their votes in the July 8 panchayat polls after 23 years, even as nominees are doing last-minute canvassing before the trail ends on Thursday.
The advantage of a reserved symbol is that the party will have one symbol for all its candidates unlike in the case of other unrecognised parties that may get multiple symbols