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CPM leader defects to GJMM
The Statesman
CPM leader quits party, joins GJMM
DARJEELING, Nov. 28: The CPI-M suffered its first political setback in the Darjeeling Hills today in relation to the ongoing Gorkhaland struggle. Deserting the Marxists, CPI-M Darjeeling district committee member Mr Narayan Pradhan joined the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha today.
The CPI-M district leadership is yet to confirm the development [...]
‘GJMM is a frustrated lot’
Statesman News Service
SILIGURI, Nov. 24: The CPI-M Darjeeling district leadership today said that the GJMM was losing ground in the Darjeeling hills and in a fit of frustration its leadership was indulging in wild ramblings against the CPI-M and the state government.
Reacting to the GJMM chief Mr Bimal Gurung’s allegation in Kuseong yesterday that the [...]
DYFI supporters to resist ‘Gorkhaland’ demand
Statesman News Service
SILIGURI, Nov.23: With an imminent threat of expulsion haunting, a number of DYFI activists hailing from three sub divisions of the Darjeeling hills have not minced words in denouncing the Gorkhaland demand. “We are invincibly convinced that a separate state carved out of West Bengal would not prove to be a panacea for [...]
DYFI Darjeeling district conference on Hills and development issue
The Statesman
SILIGURI, Nov. 19: The Democratic Youth Federation of India seems all set to use its two-day Darjeeling district conference, beginning in Siliguri on 22 November as a podium to throw a gauntlet at the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha as the latter often claims that the Left inclined forces have ceased to exist in the [...]
CPI-M to raise voice at DYFI convention
The Statesman
DARJEELING, Nov. 18: An 18-member CPI-M team from the Hills will raise its voice for the economic, educational and social development of the region at the district committee convention organised by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in Siliguri on 22 and 23 November.
MLA blames CPM for Hill impasse
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SILIGURI, Nov. 12: The ‘Progotishil Indira Congress’ (PIC) founder leader and MLA Mr Somen Mitra today alleged that the ruling CPI-M was instrumental in the impromptu rise of the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha leader Mr Bimal Gurung and was also responsible for the current turmoil in the Hills for a separate state.
Addressing the Press in [...]
‘Bring back democracy’
SILIGURI, Oct. 23: A day after the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) toned down its Hill agitation at the request of Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the CPI-M today demanded an immediate reinstatement of “total democracy” in the Darjeeling Hills.
Addressing a Press conference in Siliguri this afternoon, the CPI-M Darjeeling district secretary Mr SP Lepcha and state [...]
Traffic to hills resumes amid barbs - Drivers keep fingers crossed
The Telegraph
Siliguri, Oct. 23: The CPM and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha continued to exchange verbal volleys even as governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi appealed to all political parties to maintain peace to resolve the crisis in Darjeeling and speed up growth in Siliguri and its surrounding areas.
“The tripartite talks have started and the second round will be [...]
Citu-backed transport strike today
Statesman News Service
SILIGURI, Oct. 21: The Citu affiliated ‘Darjeeling District Taxi and Private Car Drivers Union’ has decided to go ahead with its proposed transport-strike between Siliguri and the Darjeeling Hills from 6 a.m tomorrow. The union however, has truncated the transport strike to 72-hour duration from that of an indefinite one as announced earlier.
According [...]
Citu, Asok differ over transport strike against GL menace
The Statesman
Bappaditya Paul
SILIGURI, Oct. 20: The Citu’s Darjeeling district committee and the state urban development minister, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, are speaking in different voices over the former’s threat of an indefinite transport strike against the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha’s imposition of ‘GL’ number plates on vehicles entering the Darjeeling Hills.
Setting a deadline until tomorrow for [...]
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