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Ground Report From Darjeeling Hills: Intensity Of Peopleâs Anger And Antipathy Towards Mamata Banerjee And BJP Will Decide Outcome Of Polls
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 13, 2021 11:47 AM
Supporters of Gorkhaland Movement chant slogans during the 38th day of an indefinite strike at Milanmore village in Darjeeling district on the outskirts of Siligur (DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)
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What is, however, working in the BJPâs favour are the fresh promises it has made in its manifesto and the positive image of the partyâs Darjeeling Lok Sabha MP Raju Bista.
The three Assembly seats in the sylvan Darjeeling Hills â Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong â could have been easy wins for the BJP.
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Posters of GJK (2) faction (as in this photo) are seen in much greater numbers than those of GJM (1). Photo: Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Aiyo, BJP
aiyo,” shouted a band of party supporters, dancing to the tune of traditional Tamang community music, as they waited for Union home minister Amit Shah in Kalimpong. The phrase, which means ‘here comes BJP’, along with the âJai Gorkhaâ, ‘Narendra Modi zindabad,’ and âJai Shree Ramâ chants kept interrupting the music from time to time.
West Bengal Assembly polls | BJP again promises permanent solution to Gorkha issue
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Amit Shah assures NRC if implemented will not affect hill people
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Amit Shah assures NRC if implemented will not affect hill people
Asserting that ties between the Gorkha population of Darjeeling hills and the BJP are age-old, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday promised a permanent political solution to the Gorkha issue.
“Our Constitution is exhaustive. I promise that a permanent political solution to the Gorkha problem will be reached by the double-engine government of the BJP one at the Centre and the other in Bengal. You will not have to resort to agitations anymore,” Mr. Shah said at while campaigning in Darjeeling hills .