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An analysis of Assembly election results by the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) suggests the party’s decision to concentrate on social works over political activities in the past one year has paid dividends. GNLF leader Neeraj Zimba won the Darjeeling seat on a BJP ticket. The GNLF also supported BJP candidate B.P. Bajgain, who won the Kurseong seat. However, the GNLF-backed BJP candidate Suva Pradhan lost the Kalimpong seat by a margin of 3,500-odd votes to Ruden Sada Lepcha of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s Binay Tamang faction. “We had not been able to do much social work at Bijanbari and Rimbick in the Darjeeling constituency and if we analyse the poll data, it shows we did not do well in these areas,” said Ajoy Edwards, the president of the GNLF’s Darjeeling branch committee. ....
Kalimpong (West Bengal) [India], April 12 (ANI): Not even a single Gorkha will be ousted if the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is brought into action, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Monday. ....