CPM
‘Worried’ Buddha mum on Morcha
The Telegraph
Calcutta, Oct. 21: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today broke his silence on Darjeeling, saying the signs were “extremely worrisome”, but did not name the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the prime mover of the agitation in the hills.
After meeting hill affairs minister Ashok Bhattacharyya at Writers’ Buildings today, the Bengal chief minister said in a statement: “What has [...]
CPI man dares party leadership
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SILIGURI, Sept. 5: Mr Mohan Singh Rai, an invitee member of the CPI state committee and former MLA from Kalimpong, today dared the party leadership to expel him. “I would not budge an inch from my stand that conceding Gorkhaland remains the only way out of the Darjeeling impasse. The party should modify its stand [...]
No more social boycott for GNLF, CPI-M
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Gurung deal to end GNLF ‘boycott’
Darjeeling, Aug. 31: Bimal Gurung today said the social boycott of people owing allegiance to the GNLF must end through an agreement in which they would have to pledge their support for Gorkhaland.
The Gorkha Janmutki Morcha president said he would convene a meeting soon after the tripartite talks in Delhi [...]
CPM protests Congress ‘flip-flop’
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Siliguri, Aug. 22: Darjeeling district CPM leaders have come down heavily on the Congress leadership, accusing it of double standards on Gorkhaland.
The district CPM was referring to the meeting that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha delegation had with Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi yesterday. The Congress MP from Darjeeling had said that Mukherjee told the delegation [...]
Hills jittery over CM message
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Siliguri, Aug. 19: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s prescription of “showing patience for peace” has not gone down well with a section of CPM leaders in Darjeeling.
During his visit here last week, Bhattacharjee had asked the party leaders and supporters to be patient and not to foment any trouble with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha members.
“We will [...]
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