Hill politics: Bimal Gurung wants BJP to come clear on Gorkhaland issue before 2024 LS polls
Gurung has even set a deadline of August 15 (Independence Day) for the national ruling party to make a formal announcement on this issue.
Gurung has even set a deadline of August 15 (Independence Day) for the national ruling party to make a formal announcement on this issue.
The grandstanding on his return and the pledge to support Trinamul cannot, therefore, be enduring. His key demand for a Gorkhaland state runs counter to the first pledge of support to the Trinamul Congress.
It is believed that the Mamata Banerjee will call for a truce between factions of Gorkha leaders Bimal Gurung and Binay Tamang in her meeting.
“We may move the court against the state government for its reluctance to arrest Bimal Gurung who has been charged with several cases under UAPA and killings of police personnel. It’s a game plan of Trinamul Congress just to gain political mileage ahead of assembly polls. We are verifying all papers related to the charges made against him by the administration,” Mr Bikash Bhattacharya, CPI-M MP
On Sunday, the youth wing of Bimal Tamang and Anik Thapa's factions held a huge rally in Darjeeling's Sonada in West Bengal, protesting against Bimal Gurung
Even though the West Bengal government in 2017 had alleged that Gurung played a role Malik's murder, he was missing from the chargesheet filed in 2018.
After a day of wide ranging speculations in Kolkata, Gurung officially declared his departure from the NDA in a press conference on Wednesday evening.
