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Last day to file nominations being Thursday, large crowds were witnessed in block development offices across hills as candidates submitted their papers
Traffic between Darjeeling and Siliguri, the two major towns in north Bengal, will be diverted on Sunday — the day of counting the votes of the Bengal Assembly polls. Police sources said all vehicles heading to Siliguri from Darjeeling would be diverted either through Mirik or Mungpoo from Ghoom-Jorebunglow area. People will have to take a detour of about an hour more than the usual routes. “The decision has been taken because the counting will take place at St. Alphonsus School which is along NH55 in Kurseong,” said an administrative source. Even if one passes the diversion point at Ghoom-Jorebunglow, the vehicles will have to take an alternative route from Dilaram and reach Kurseong through Bagora-Chimney route.
For politicians jumping ship like there is no tomorrow in the season of elections, a small and nondescript momo and thukpa (noodles) joint in the Darjeeling hills may serve a lesson in fidelity. Neeni Aji Ko Dokan (Neeni sister’s shop), situated near Darjeeling Motor Stand, remains largely unknown to tourists but ask any Darjeeling resident for directions and they will not fail you. Among the shop’s patrons is P.S. Tamang, the chief minister of Sikkim, whose Sikkim Krantikari Morcha is in alliance with the BJP. Tamang used to be a regular at the restaurant and knows the lane like the back of his hand.
Gurung support rings alarm bells for TMC Trinamul is in alliance with both rival factions of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Bimal Gurung’s assertion on his return to Darjeeling that he would win the three hill Assembly seats even if elections were held immediately has come as a fresh poser for new-found ally Trinamul. The Trinamul is in alliance with both rival factions of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha headed by Gurung and Binay Tamang, and bitterness has escalated with this assertion. Also, within Trinamul, leaders are questioning how the party can accept the support of someone who openly wants a separate state of Gorkhaland to be carved out of Bengal.