Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri in GTA polls

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Friday, 06 July 2012 22:25

Written by DT correspondent

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Darjeeling, July 6: GJMM has finally revealed its true stand on the issue of GTA (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration).  Today GJMM has completely fielded its candidates, including most unlikely candidate Mr. Bimal Gurung, in GTA polls which is scheduled to be held on July 29.

Ironically, GJMM has been decided to nominate its candidates Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri in GTA polls, Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri will fight from Takhvar-Singamari Constituency and Sitong-Latpunchar constituency respectively.

Similarly, CPI(M) has also been fielded its candidates in all constituencies for GTA polls.
 

Gurung in GTA fray
- CPM out with 15 names
VIVEK CHHETRI, The Telegraph

Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri at the Morcha’s Singamari party office after announcing that they will contest the GTA elections. Picture by Suman Tamang

Darjeeling, July 6: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung will contest the July 29 GTA election from his native village Tukvar in Darjeeling, the party said today.

Binay Tamang, the assistant general secretary of the Morcha, today said in Singamari: “Since everyone from the party wanted our president to contest the elections and head the GTA, he has decided to contest from Tukvar.”

Later in the evening, Gurung also said: “Yes, everyone wanted me to contest, so I agreed.”

The Gorkhaland Task Force, a grouping of five Morcha rival parties, has said it will not contest the elections. ( )

Trinamul Congress has not yet clarified whether it will contest. The only significant political party so far in the contest other than the Morcha is the CPM, which announced 15 candidates from Darjeeling today.

From the Morcha, Roshan Giri, its general secretary, will contest from Sitong-Latpanchar in the Kurseong subdivision. Party vice-president Pradip Pradhan, who is from Kurseong, has been asked to contest from Darjeeling’s Poobshering-Pandam constituency.

Till yesterday, the Morcha had announced the names of 36 candidates, leaving the decision on nine more seats for today. However, the party announced names of candidates for eight seats today, leaving out the Chongtong-Marybong seat.

That announcement will happen tomorrow, but why no name was announced today for this seat is not clear.

The other candidates whose names were announced today were Arun Ghisingh (Mirik-Thrubo-Duptin), Chandra Prakash Sharma (Lava Lingsay), Prakash Gurung (Rimbick-Lodhama), Rabindra Lama (Rungbull-Dhotaria) and Sunil Pradhan, the youth president from Kalimpong has been given the ticket from Bong-Durpin constituency in Kalimpong.

Although the Morcha is expected to win most of the 45 seats comfortably, it will face CPM contests in 22, including Tukvar. The CPM will also support Independents in three seats.

During the last municipal elections in the hills, all Morcha candidates from Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong had won uncontested.

CPM leader Asok Bhattacharya announced his party’s candidates today. The seven candidates that the CPM is yet to announce would be from seats in Kalimpong and Kurseong. That will be done tomorrow.

A relatively unknown Padam Bahadur Subba will contest against Gurung from Tukvar. Anup KC of the CPM will contest against Nari Morcha chief Asha Gurung, the Morcha chief’s wife who has been fielded from Darjeeling 1.

Contesting against Binay Tamang will be Joney Mukhia of the CPM in Bloomfield Risheehat.

Morcha assistant general secretary Jyoti Kumar Rai’s CPM rival will be Biraj Subba for the Nagari-Dhajia constituency. The CPM has nominated Ramesh Chhetri from Darjeeling 2, Damber Prasad Shiwakoti from Darjeeling 3 and Ranjan Tamang from the Ghoom-Jorebunglow seat.

Comments  

 

0 #8 shankarthapa 2012-07-18 14:06

malai lagcha hamro darjeeling ko janta ko ahile pani chetna ra jagriti bhai ko chaina. jasko shakti cha usai ko bhakti garcha jasto lagcha. tara kura ke cha bhane hamro terai ra dooars ko gorkha ko chetna ra bhuddi darjeeling ko gorkha haru ko bhanda badi cha.

 

 

0 #7 shankarthapa 2012-07-18 14:00

hamro aphnai political neta le hamilai dhoka dincha. saachai bhane hamile ajha samma ek jana pani honest neta darjeeling ma paiko chainao.hami lai roshan daju ra harka daju mathi sarai biswas thio tara ahile ayera tiyo biswas khatam bhayeko cha.

 

 

0 #6 shankarthapa 2012-07-18 13:54

ram joshi, morcha le dooars ra terai ko gorkha daju ,bhai, bahini lai dhoka dio.yo dhoka malai 1986 ko dhoka bhanda pani thulo dhoka lagcha.hami dooars terai ko gorkha haru ko man dherai dukhe ko cha.

 

 

0 #5 krishna kr. pradhan 2012-07-12 12:54

The power greed people destroyed the identity of indian gorkha.-- krishna

 

 

+8 #4 chicken 2012-07-09 11:47

From the DAY 1 i knew that these guys were Devil in Disguise. Sadly the over smart people of Darjeeling in their rush to chase/expel the Old Ghost called Ghissing never could foresee that they were welcoming the New Devil called Gurung. So surprising.....Darjeeling folks never learn from History!!!! Perhaps that's why History will always repeat in Darjeeeling.

 

 

+9 #3 ram joshi 2012-07-08 13:06

I thought People of Darj were fighting for their national identity , but never knew they will end up within GTA itself , its true that our leaders are cheating us and as long as GJMM is there it will put all sort of efforts to dilute Gorkhaland demand. But I hope there are educated people of Hills who know that there is no such difference between DGHC and GTA and we all know for last 25 yrs what Ghising did and with us and what is GTA going to do further. Coz we all know before GTA came there was only one Voice of Gorkhaland and there was no division . Are people of darj Hills really fighting for National identity or is this just a drama. Can't Blame Indian Govt coz if we look at how 7 states came out of old Assam we will see that Hill people fought Tooth and Nail and there was only one Slogan No Hill State no Rest and they were also offered such interim councils but they stucked to their task. So why cant we also say No Gorkhaland No Rest. So its all up to people of Darj on haw far they want to remain within Bengal's Suffocation but it looks like they are happy with Bengal. But be sure Govt will come up with new amendments and then it might be too late.

 

 

+11 #2 raj gurung 2012-07-07 21:17

People of Doars Terai have whole heartedly supported Gorkhaland movement , Many people from NEs states supported the same in what ever way they can , but atlast people of darj have shown their personal motive leaving behind Doars and Terai. With justice Sen report BG was silent. I not only blame the Leaders but all people who participate in GTA are all anti-Gorkhaland people , who talks about Gorkhaland but atlast shows their True Colors.

 

 

+23 #1 aj 2012-07-06 23:17

bhayo besi bhayo naatak.............

 

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