Unrest In 'Gorkhaland'
India Today|June 26, 2017

The hill districts are again on a collision course with Mamata’s regime

Romita Datta
Unrest In 'Gorkhaland'

The demand for a separate Gorkhaland, which encompasses the hill districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong and parts of Terai and Dooars in the plains, is a recurring chant by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), with president Bimal Gurung cranking it up whenever the going gets a bit tough for him.

Placated for a while (as his mentor and Gorkha National League Front chief Subhash Ghising was in 2005) with the creation of a semi-autonomous council—the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA)—in July 2011 after the Trinamool Congress came to power in the state, Gurung is on the warpath again. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s move to have the GTA accounts audited is the most recent provocation.

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