Tag: GJMM

Hill people have changed their mindset: Tamang

"Hill people have changed their mindset, as the BJP has fooled them, showcasing the Gorkhaland issue as a lollipop in the last three terms. Had the BJP wanted to give them Gorkhaland out of its political will, it could have done it like Jammu and Kashmir where Article 370 has been abrogated. As a result, people have decided to bring in proper development in the Hills by joining hands with the AITC."

December 27, 2021

Morcha-2 to protest Centre’s Toy Train monetisation plans

We request people all over to support this cause and join us in the protest. We will also be holding signature campaigns, along with an online one, against it. We want the Centre to stop this process of privatisation,"

August 27, 2021

Sent resignation from party to Court: Thapa

"Being a primary member of the Morcha for the last 13 years, it is now time for me to move on. I am tendering my resignation from the primary membership of the Morcha."

August 27, 2021

Didn’t discuss Binoy rejoining party, says Bimal

Gurung, however, said the two leaders would not be seen in one platform in the coming days, but added that "in politics, anything can happen."

August 13, 2021

Bimal-Binoy meet fuels speculations

Tamang said that he would not divulge anything about the meeting now, and added that he met Gurung as he was the "guardian here." He also said that there had been a misunderstanding earlier due to political differences, but such misunderstanding was no longer there.

August 12, 2021

Bimal breaks down; Anit made chief of other camp

Tears rolled down the cheeks today when Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) leader Bimal Gurung turned emotional while receiving the party flag sent by the leader of the other camp of the Morcha, Binoy Tamang after he resigned from the party yesterday. A similar scene was witnessed yesterday when Mr Tamang broke down while announcing...

July 17, 2021

Morcha leader Tamang resigns from his own party

In the height of the statehood agitation in 2017, Tamang, along with Anit Thapa, took control of the party after Gurung and several senior leaders went into hiding. His party then became to be known as the Binoy Tamang faction of the GJMM.

July 16, 2021

Centre may provoke Bimal camp: TMC

The ruling party has come up with such an observation two days after a delegation of 10 Morcha leaders of the fugitive leader Bimal Gurung camp, met Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba at North Block in Delhi on Friday.

October 8, 2018

Hills erupt as Binoy debarred in Delhi

Mr Tamang, who had gone to Delhi on Saturday, was to attend the programme in the NCUI auditorium and convention centre in South Delhi to mark the day.

October 8, 2018

Bimal Morcha, Rajnath to talk ‘other issues’

Ahluwalia hopes for tribal status for 11 Hill communities during House winter session

August 23, 2018

Gurung slams voter roll name removal

In a press statement he sent through his social media group, the fugitive Hill leader also said that his party will fight the decision in court, while he also appealed to the Gorkhas to raise their voice against it.

June 30, 2018

Morcha, GTA gear up to welcome Mamata

The Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has said it is all set to welcome chief minister Mamata Banerjee to the Hills as she makes her first trip to Kalimpong after it was declared a separate district on February 2017. The party on Thursday said it is expecting over one lakh supporters to turn out on...

May 25, 2018

Bimal Gurung supporters in Kalimpong join Trinamool

More than 200 supporters of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha’s (GJMM) Bimal Gurung faction joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kalimpong on Thursday. As he took a party flag at the town hall here, one person said they would work with the government rather than fight with it. “Even if we have to fight for...

May 4, 2018

Hill concern over alleged Rohingya entry

Fugitive Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) leader Bimal Gurung on Friday claimed that he has been receiving reports from his cadres about “suspicious new people” entering and settling down in the region. According to him, these people could be Rohingya Muslims and that they may have been allowed to settle down in the region to...

April 28, 2018

Gurung supporters in Dooars file poll nominations as BJP candidates

A group of senior leaders and hardcore supporters of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha’s (GJMM) Bimal Gurung faction have filed nomination papers to contest the three-tier rural elections as BJP candidate in the Dooars, comprising Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts. GJMM leaders and supporters of the fugitive Hill leader Bimal Gurung have said they will try...

April 20, 2018

Tamang assures traders a hassles-free Hills

Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha leader Binoy Tamang on Thursday assured the business community here that no political outfit would interfere in the work of businesspersons in the Hills from now on. The chief of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) also iterated that there will be no strikes/shutdowns in the Hills. Mr Tamang was addressing a...

April 13, 2018

Bimal house turns Binoy camp office

The Binoy Tamang camp of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) on Wednesday opened its Tukvar constituency unit party office at the residence of fugitive Morcha leader Bimal Gurung’s residence at Patleybas, around 6 km from here. According to sources, the party office there was opened in the presence of Morcha founder member Dinesh Thing,...

April 12, 2018