Bengal polls: What did BJP do for Gorkha community? asks Bimal Gurung ANI | Updated: Apr 17, 2021 11:56 IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], April 17 (ANI): As polling got underway in North Bengal on Saturday, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung asked the BJP what has the party done for the Gorkha community.
Speaking to ANI, Gurung said, They (BJP) do not have people s support in Bengal. They do not have much influence on ground zero. How can they form the government? Politics is not possible through violence, vandalism and shooting. Politics should be simple. I supported BJP for 15 years but what did it do for my community? Modi had assured us and made a commitment, it has been six-seven years now but it is yet to be completed, he added.
Hills want change; it looks like khela shesh in Bengal: GNLF president Mann Ghising aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Hills of Bengal gear for Khela in Phase-V ANI | Updated: Apr 16, 2021 14:25 IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], April 16 (ANI): From misty mountains to exotic woodlands and the tempting aroma of tea gardens to dazzling hilly towns, North Bengal has endless charms. The region is all set to witness the khela of power in the fifth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls on Saturday.
In the fifth phase, 13 constituencies from North Bengal including five in Darjeeling, one in Kalimpong and seven in Jalpaiguri districts will go to polls on Saturday.
From the Gorkhaland movement to Naxalbari, the region witnessed a lot of socio-political turbulence. A separate state of Gorkhaland has been a long-standing demand of Nepali-speaking Gorkhas since 1907 on the grounds that they are culturally and ethnically different from West Bengal. The demand took a violent turn, which led to the death of over 1,200 people.