The BGPM was winning in more than 60 per cent of the gram panchayat and panchayat samiti seats at the time this story was filed around 5.30pm on Tuesday
Two-tier rural elections, as against three-tier polls in the rest of the state, were held in the area under Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, after 23 years on July 8
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.
Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), led by the GTA Chief Executive Anit Thapa, is contesting the Panchayat polls in association with Trinamool Congress in both Darjeeling and Kalimpong.