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Pro-Gorkhaland units in the Darjeeling Hills, including the GJM and the Hamro Party, have indicated that a fresh movement will be launched to press for separate statehood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Months ahead of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) election, former GJM leader Binay Tamang, who had quit the hills-based party earlier this year, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday.

Several ethnic groups, which had spearheaded agitations for creation of separate states in north Bengal over the past few decades, have now rejected a BJP MP's controversial demand for a union territory.

With the two factions of the GJM one led by Bimal Gurung and the other by his former deputy Binay Tamang fighting for supremacy in the Darjeeling Hills, the imbroglio over Gorkhaland has taken a back seat this election, as key stakeholders pitch for

BJP's West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh was shown black flags by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters as he reached the hill town of Darjeeling today to take part in a party programme.

A day after his convoy was pelted with stones in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh on Friday alleged that members of the ruling TMC and the Bimal Gurung-led faction of the GJM had hatched a conspiracy to carry out an attack on him.

GJM faction chief Binoy Tamang on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the outcome of his meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, but maintained that any association with "fugitive" Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung was improbable.

The TMC on Thursday ruled out the possibility of supporting the demand for Gorkhaland, a day after it welcomed GJM supremo Bimal Guring to its party fold, with the outfit having walked out of the NDA, accusing the BJP-led dispensation of not fulfilling promises.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) reiterated their demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in a meeting which was chaired by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy. The delegation also stressed that the separate state should comprise of Darjeeling and its adjoining areas.

Cornered after his defeat in the assembly by-poll in Darjeeling in the hands of BJP, GJM leader Binay Tamang got some relief when his demand for 20 per cent bonus for tea workers was accepted by the garden owners on Friday.

For the first time in about three decades, the demand for separate Gorkhaland state is not a poll issue in the Darjeeling Hills as parties, including the indigenous GJM and GNLF, are stressing on development and restoration of democracy in the region.

The Supreme Court today dismissed former GJM leader Bimal Gurung's plea seeking protection from arrest in several cases lodged against him in West Bengal and for an independent probe into the alleged killings of Gorkhaland supporters in the state.

Union minister SS Ahluwalia said that he would protect the absconding Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung and not allow any agency to "eliminate" him.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung today alleged in the Supreme Court that the West Bengal government was trying to "effectively end" the movement for a separate Gorkhaland by implicating its members in false cases.

The founding member of Darjeeling's Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Mr Bimal Gurung, who has been spearheading the fight for a separate state, was suspended by his party today for six months.

Pro-Gorkhaland units in the Darjeeling Hills, including the GJM and the Hamro Party, have indicated that a fresh movement will be launched to press for separate statehood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Months ahead of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) election, former GJM leader Binay Tamang, who had quit the hills-based party earlier this year, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday.

Several ethnic groups, which had spearheaded agitations for creation of separate states in north Bengal over the past few decades, have now rejected a BJP MP's controversial demand for a union territory.

With the two factions of the GJM one led by Bimal Gurung and the other by his former deputy Binay Tamang fighting for supremacy in the Darjeeling Hills, the imbroglio over Gorkhaland has taken a back seat this election, as key stakeholders pitch for

BJP's West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh was shown black flags by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters as he reached the hill town of Darjeeling today to take part in a party programme.

A day after his convoy was pelted with stones in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh on Friday alleged that members of the ruling TMC and the Bimal Gurung-led faction of the GJM had hatched a conspiracy to carry out an attack on him.

GJM faction chief Binoy Tamang on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the outcome of his meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, but maintained that any association with "fugitive" Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung was improbable.

The TMC on Thursday ruled out the possibility of supporting the demand for Gorkhaland, a day after it welcomed GJM supremo Bimal Guring to its party fold, with the outfit having walked out of the NDA, accusing the BJP-led dispensation of not fulfilling promises.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) reiterated their demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in a meeting which was chaired by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy. The delegation also stressed that the separate state should comprise of Darjeeling and its adjoining areas.

Cornered after his defeat in the assembly by-poll in Darjeeling in the hands of BJP, GJM leader Binay Tamang got some relief when his demand for 20 per cent bonus for tea workers was accepted by the garden owners on Friday.

For the first time in about three decades, the demand for separate Gorkhaland state is not a poll issue in the Darjeeling Hills as parties, including the indigenous GJM and GNLF, are stressing on development and restoration of democracy in the region.

The Supreme Court today dismissed former GJM leader Bimal Gurung's plea seeking protection from arrest in several cases lodged against him in West Bengal and for an independent probe into the alleged killings of Gorkhaland supporters in the state.

Union minister SS Ahluwalia said that he would protect the absconding Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung and not allow any agency to "eliminate" him.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung today alleged in the Supreme Court that the West Bengal government was trying to "effectively end" the movement for a separate Gorkhaland by implicating its members in false cases.

The founding member of Darjeeling's Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Mr Bimal Gurung, who has been spearheading the fight for a separate state, was suspended by his party today for six months.