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However, the party is now facing questions over its intent and lack of attempts to resolve the issue despite being in power at the Centre for over six years. The CPI(M)-led Left Front drew a blank, and the Congress tally came down from four to two in Bengal. Photo: Twitter/@DilipGhoshBJP. I admit they are our election partners and in the last assembly election, they contested with BJP symbol. Mukul Roy quit Trinamool Congress and resigned from the party and the post of Rajya Sabha MP in October 2017. Caught between a rock and a hard place, the party is very well aware that it can never win a majority in West Bengal by supporting the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland. In 2014, S.S. Ahluwalia won the seat by defeating Indian footballer Bhaichung Bhutia and in 2019, Raju Bista won the seat with a whopping margin of over four lakh votes. This has irked the regional parties, one of which is an ally of the BJP. Kolkata: With around eight months to the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, issues surrounding the state’s hilly regions have made their way into the news cycle as usual. Ahluwalia, however, was removed. While senior leader Mukul Roy was appointed as the national vice-president, Anupam Hazra was appointed as the national secretary. Call made by The Wire to reach Raju Bista went unanswered. 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The parties especially trusted the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government because it had created three states when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. 2020The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved, West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 Congress CPI(M) to work on Common Minimum Programme to take on BJP TMC, Sonia Gandhi says Indian democracy passing through ‘most difficult phase’; Congress decides protest roadmap, Bihar Elections: Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi launch joint poll campaign; hit out at Lalu Prasad, Bihar Elections: BJP leaders hitting out at LJP due to pressure from Nitish Kumar, says Chirag Paswan, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Share Price. Get live Stock Prices from BSE, NSE, US Market and latest NAV, portfolio of Mutual Funds, calculate your tax by Income Tax Calculator, know market’s Top Gainers, Top Losers & Best Equity Funds. Legislative Assembly elections for 294 seats in the state are likely to be held in 2021. The Congress’ West Bengal unit and the Left Front on Wednesday decided to prepare a “common minimum programme”, based on which they would launch a joint fight against the BJP and the TMC in the state ahead of next year’s assembly polls. The BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections had bagged 18 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, only four short of the TMC. Photo: PTI, The BJP has won successive elections to the Darjeeling parliamentary seat since 2009 but has failed to keep its poll promise. People here kept trusting BJP…not once but thrice, the hills voted for BJP. Since 2017, the hills of Darjeeling have been rocked by agitations for statehood – witnessing a record 104-day strike and shutdown in support of the demand for Gorkhaland. “We have decided to prepare a common minimum programme, based on which the joint movement or political programmes would be undertaken. It won’t be a one-sided affair. BJP and it’s then MP from Darjeeling, Ahluwalia, had to face criticism from Gorkha residents for not supporting them during their hour of crisis. Kolkata: With around eight months to the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, issues surrounding the state’s hilly regions have made their way into the news cycle as usual. Now they feel cheated. A BJP leader recently noted that any party which came to power at the Centre would "not want to lose the 42 assembly seats of West Bengal by supporting the formation of Gorkhaland". With elections, all will be out with the ‘Gorkhaland-jhola’ (bag) seeking votes. Sources said that the Congress and the Left Front have decided that on June 29, they will take out a rally in Kolkata against fuel price hike by the Centre. Also read: A People’s Account of the Ongoing Struggle for Gorkhaland, Earlier this year in February, in an exclusive interview to The Wire, BJP’s West Bengal president and MP, Dilip Ghosh, on the subject of Gorkhaland said, “We don’t believe in the idea of a separate state for Gorkhaland. They on Wednesday evening held their first meeting to decide their strategy for next year’s assembly polls. In the upcoming assembly elections next year, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh and I will try our best and win elections in the state and form government here.". 26-09-2020. No party in West Bengal or at the Centre will side with the Gorkhaland demand. So, they keep their allegiance with parties at the Centre, especially BJP. Samsung Galaxy S21 series launch: First sale to take place on this date? Also read: Why the Gorkha Homeland Talks Are a One Way Street, A senior local journalist from Darjeeling, who wished to remain anonymous told The Wire, “There is a notion in the hill that ‘Delhi-party’ is pro-Gorkha and will accept their long-standing demand for Gorkhaland. The meeting lasted for more than four hours. We are also committed to implementing reservation in the legislative assembly of Sikkim for Limboo and Tamang tribes. The TMC’s tally has come down from 34 in 2014 to 22 Lok Sabha seats in 2019. Whichever party comes to power in the Centre will not want to lose the 42 assembly seats of West Bengal by supporting the formation of Gorkhaland. Some BJP leaders in Bengal are upset at not being invited to Delhi where the party’s polls strategy for the 2021 Assembly polls is being discussed since last Wednesday. Financial Express is now on Telegram. Former cabinet minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh had been elected from the Darjeeling constituency in 2009. I requested the parliament to take cognisance of the fact that the demand for Gorkhaland state is a long-pending demand of the people from Darjeeling Hills, Terai, and Dooars.”, In the 2019 Sankalp Patra (the party manifesto), the BJP had said, “We will recognise the 11 left out Indian Gorkha sub-tribes as Schedule Tribes.

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