BJP may have tacit support of Gorkhas in Darjeeling

In the Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal, the key contest is between the BJP and West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has struck an alliance with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) faction led by Binay Tamang and launched a high-decibel campaign to wrest the seat from the BJP.
Amar Singh Rai, who in 2016 won from the Darjeeling Assembly segment as GJM candidate then led by Bimal Gurung, has switched loyalty and is fighting the Lok Sabha elections on the TMC ticket. On buildings lininamarg the serpentine highway linking Darjeeling with Siliguri, one primarily sees posters and flags of the TMC candidate and a few of CPM candidate Sanat Pradhan.

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