The raid yielded Rs 27.90 crore in unaccounted for cash and Rs 4.31 crore in gold, apart from incriminating documents.
August 6, 2022Following Independence, West Bengal was one of the more developed states in India, contributing over 30 percent to the national GDP.
August 5, 2022Showcasing the issue of land rights for the workers, the BJP leader and MP, Mr Bista has criticised Miss Banerjee’s statements on the matter.
July 26, 2022"She seems to forget that West Bengal is not a single language state. Bengali is one of the softest languages in the world, and the mother tongue to a great many renowned personalities across the world, including Nobel Laureates. However, along with Bengali, West Bengal is also home to many other indigenous languages..."
December 11, 2021According to the MP, due to the “gross mismanagement” by the TMC government, HIMUL has been forced to shut down its operations. “I fear that much like Metro Dairy, the TMC Government will give away HIMUL assets too to their cronies, while keeping the HIMUL cooperative members are deprived of the funds,”
November 11, 2021"I would request through the media that the Rashtrapati, Pradhan Mantri and Griha Mantri should visit the state to watch the situation here and save Bengal by imposing President's Rule," Bista termed Mamata government as "Talibani Sarkar".
August 18, 2021"The meeting will show what PPS means, but for us, it is a constitutionally guaranteed arrangement, which is outside Bengal," he said, also alleging that in 2020 the tripartite meeting for PPS had been changed to a meeting for GTA as the GJM-1 was not sincere then"
August 10, 2021According to Mr Bista, the Union Home Ministry will be sending out invitation letters for the talks within the next two weeks.
August 7, 2021According to GNLF leader Ajoy Edwards, he would leave for Delhi within a week to try and set up a meeting of its alliance partners and representatives from the civil society with senior leaders of the BJP.
July 27, 2021"The list of issues that will be discussed in the monsoon session of Parliament has come out, and it is unfortunate that no issue of the Gorkhas has been mentioned there. Recently, tribal status to different communities was granted in Arunachal Pradesh, but the MP has not done anything regarding the demand for tribal status for 11 different communities here," AIGL general secretary SP Sharma said.
July 19, 2021The Coronation Bridge that connects the critical 'Chicken Neck' region of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Siliguri, Sikkim to Jalpaiguri, Alipurduars, Cooch Behar and the rest of North East was built in the year 1937.
July 11, 2021Talking to reporters in Kurseong in Darjeeling, Mr Bista also made it clear that he would "never come" for GTA election campaigning.
July 6, 2021Parties allege Dhankhar in Hills to do politics; BJP MP Raju Bista says incident an insult to Gorkhas.
June 22, 2021Mr Bista has also extended his gratitude to Mr Gadkari for taking due cognizance of the issues concerning the highway that he had raised and for taking necessary steps to address them.
June 14, 2021According to him, he was closely monitoring the situation.
May 25, 2021"There seems to be a section of politicians who are deliberately misinterpreting the BJP commitment to promote mother tongues--Bengali, Nepali, Rajbongshi, Kurmali, Santhali and other languages, as stated in our manifesto, as being BJP attempt at imposing Bengali," Mr Bista said.
March 23, 2021Bista, who is looking into the Hill, Terai and Dooars affairs ahead of the Assembly elections, also talked about the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), which he termed as a product of Mamata Banerjee, who looks after the Hill affairs.
March 18, 2021