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Considered a stronghold of the BJP, Raju Bista, originally from Manipur, is the BJP candidate contesting for a second time. This time, there is a three-cornered fight –– Trinamool candidate Gopal Lama, a former bureaucrat and son of the soil is pitted against Congresss Munish Tamang and BJP's Bista.
Darjeeling and Gorkha politics will test the BJP’s vision for West Bengal and beyond The three seats of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong in the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal may count for little numerically in the State Assembly of 294 members, but their political significance is a different story. The demand for a separate Gorkhaland State in the hills has singularly driven politics among the Gorkha population for more than three decades now. The agitation has been often violent. In 2017, during the last eruption of violence, the hills were in blockade for 104 days and several people w...
Updated: April 15, 2021 22:34 IST With the birth of factions and shifting of alliances, there does not seem to be a dominant player in this region of West Bengal Share Article AAA With the birth of factions and shifting of alliances, there does not seem to be a dominant player in this region of West Bengal Like the steep and narrow roads leading to Darjeeling, politics in these hills of West Bengal is marked by twists and turns. However, amidst the changing seasons, the demand for a separate State of Gorkhaland has remained at the centre of its politics. The 2021 Assembly polls in the three s...
The dragon bites its tail – Part II FROM THE ARCHIVES: A longform piece on Bhutan’s Lhotshampa question [1992]. A Lotshampa refugee at a camp in Jhapa District of eastern Nepal showing his Bhutanese passport. Photo: Alemaugil / Wikimedia Common (This article was first published in our July-August 1992 print issue. Also read Part I and Part III of the reportage.) No more a backwater Bhutan was still an economic backwater at the end of the 1940s. The economic,...