Terming the action as “unilateral”, Mamata said it goes against the spirit of cooperative federalism, which is a significant principle of the Indian Constitution.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has strongly opposed chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to allow 30 per cent of tea garden land to be diverted for non-tea purposes, calling it a “dangerous and dictatorial” policy that could displace indigenous communities.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today promised that the Gorkhas in Darjeeling would get justice under the provisions of the Indian Constitution.
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls in 2024, as the Gorkhas, especially residing in Darjeeling and Kalimpong, have been asking about the implementation of the proposed Permanent Political Solution (PPS) and tribal status for 11 communities
The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday issued an order to redraw the social caste list expanding it by adding 15 new classes under the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004.
Paying tributes to Territorial Army men who died in a massive landslide at the construction site of the Railways in Manipur recently, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said that Gorkhas were brave people and that they did not fear death.
Stating that he was now a representative of the "silent majority," Edwards said that he would work to come to power with this "majority" and work to unite the Gorkha community for the "one agenda, a separate state of Gorkhaland."
As a result, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh recently alleged in Siliguri that the Trinamul Congress had been confusing the people.
Dubbing the updated final NRC as a "fiasco," West Bengal Chief Minister had said it exposed those who are trying to gain "political mileage" out of the exercise.
The winds of change are sweeping across the Darjeeling hills. History seems to have come full circle for Bimal Gurung…
