In 2014 elections, Mamata Banerjee hoped for backing from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha for their candidate Baichung Bhutia but GJM chose to support the BJP
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CID arrests GJM’s Delhi unit chief for clashes in Darjeeling
The West Bengal CID has arrested Gorkha Janamukti Morcha’s Delhi unit president, Manoj Shankar from the national capital, a CID officer said. Shankar, who was allegedly involved in the clash between West Bengal police and the GJM supporters near Darjeeling’s Bhanu Bhaban during the Gorkhaland agitation on June 9, was[Read More…]
Darjeeling: GJM calls for indefinite strike from Monday
On Saturday, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung declared that th party has decided to go on an indefinite strike from Monday demanding a separate state of ‘Gorkhaland’. “We will go on strike from Monday. Bengal government takes so much revenue from us but it only encroach our territory.[Read More…]