BJP state unit keeps distance from Jaswant on Gorkhaland

  The state BJP unit came down heavily on former union minister and Darjeeling BJP parliamentarian Jaswant Singh on Sunday for his open support for Gorkhaland. According to party leaders, by rooting for Gorkhaland he was harming the interests of the party in West Bengal.  At the release of the book Why Gorkhaland in New Delhi last [...]

Jaswant bats for Gorkhaland

NEW DELHI/SILIGURI: Darjeeling’s BJP MP Jaswant Singh has said the Centre should realise the strategic importance of Gorkhaland. “The demand is for a small state within the country. It is very important to remember that it is the only district in the country which actually adjoins three international borders and is very close to the [...]

Dangerous politics

Shikha Mukerjee DNA In line with its commitment to chopping up the larger Indian states into bite-size pieces for reasons that range from respect for people with separate identities and recognition of their rights to administrative convenience, the BJP has nominated former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh to contest the Darjeeling seat in West Bengal. [...]

BJP for creation of smaller states

Apropos the newsreport “BJP for creation of smaller states” ( 11 April), Mr. Jaswant Singh, the BJP candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, is of the view that the demand for a separate state is “constitutional”. But Mr. Singh should have been aware that the tactics adopted by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to fulfill [...]

Gorkhaland on agenda: Jaswant

SILIGURI, April 14: Throwing circumspection to the winds, the BJP veteran and candidate for the Darjeeling constituency in the Lok Sabha polls Mr Jaswant Singh (SNS photo right) today said in Siliguri that if voted to power, his party would go the whole hog to carve out a Gorkhaland state out of West Bengal. “There [...]

‘Gorkhaland’: GJMM seeks Advani’s intervention

DARJEELING, July 3: The Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha is all set to submit documents pertaining to the separate state of Gorkhaland to the leader of the Opposition in Parliament Mr LK Advani. “The outcome of meetings with the different leaders in New Delhi recently proved fruitful. We will submit various documents of Darjeeling, Dooars, Terai [...]