No justification for separation

The Congress must tread carefully in dealing with the Telengana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for support to pull its government through at the Centre. The TRS chief K Chandrashekhar’s condition that the Centre start the process of carving out a separate State of Telangana in lieu of his three MPs vote would create more problems than [...]

GJM asks Narbula to vote for UPA if Gorkhaland demand conceded

Kolkata, July 16 (PTI) The GJM today asked Congress MP from Darjeeling Dawa Narbula to vote for the UPA government “only if the Centre makes a commitment on the creation of a separate Gorkhaland state.” “GJM president Bimal Gurung has categorically told this to Narbula over telephone today,” Gorkha Janmukti Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri [...]

Gurung to go underground for Gorkhaland

Statesman News Service
DARJEELING, July 16: The GJMM chief Mr Bimal Gurung today said that he would go underground for six months to carry out his “non-violent” activities.
“I will go underground for six months but not to perpetrate violence. Some elements are posing a hurdle to the Gorkhaland movement. I shall keep these people away in [...]

Gorkhaland – how legitimate is the demand

Arpita Mukherjee , Kolkata:
With the demand for a separate Gorkha state paralyzing life in Darjeeling it needs to be examined how legitimate is the demand for Gorkhaland.
Darjeeling belongs only to the Gorkhas?
Prior to its occupation by the British East India Company in 1835, Darjeeling was part of Sikkim and was known as Sikkim [...]

Gorkhaland: Is independent state the ultimate solution?

Shrikanth M D , Bangalore
It was in 1948, when Nizam of Hyderabad negotiated deals with both the Indian and Pakistan government and later he decided to remain as an independent kingdom, Sardar Vallabhai Patel acquired the Central province and included it as an inseparable part of our country.
The iron man had fought out all the [...]