Rs 200-crore Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Project Report scrapped, says Darjeeling MP Raju Bista
Following the resignation of GTA Chief Executive Anit Thapa and several other members, the GTA is presently being run by officials.
Following the resignation of GTA Chief Executive Anit Thapa and several other members, the GTA is presently being run by officials.
BJP MP Raju Bista said the state budget focuses on employment generation, women's empowerment, education, healthcare and regional development despite inheriting a substantial debt burden.
The Chief Minister alleged that the hills had always been neglected and fell prey to rampant corruption by the erstwhile TMC government.
Ms Paul, the minister for women and child development and social welfare, accompanied by local MP Raju Bista, inspected drinking water supply projects being implemented in the Mirik Municipality area under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0 scheme, which is being funded by the Central government.
A complaint alleging possible irregularities in the implementation of the Bharat Dal scheme in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) region has been taken up by Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, who has written to Union minister Prahlad Joshi seeking a detailed inquiry.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose to immediately intervene and stop the proposed merger of Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) battalions, calling the move a “serious injustice” to the force and to the youths of the Hills, Terai and Dooars.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has written to West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose, seeking his immediate intervention for the release of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) allocations to aid victims of the devastating landslides and floods that hit the Darjeeling hills, Terai, and Dooars regions in early October 2025.
Amid mixed reactions in the Hills over the Centre’s appointment of an interlocutor to address long-standing Gorkha-related issues, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista met Pankaj Kumar Singh, former deputy national security adviser (deputy NSA) and retired IPS officer
The Gorkha Youth Activist Network (GYAN) has written to Darjeeling MP Raju Bista seeking a written clarification on the recent appointment of former deputy national security advisor
The convoy of BJP's Darjeeling MP Raju Bista was attacked by miscreants on Saturday evening by miscreants in the Sukhia Pokhari area of north Bengal.
