GJM president Binoy Tamang meets Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) faction, backed by BinoyTamang and AnitThapa, took out a grand rally in Darjeeling on Tuesday against BimalGurung at a time when the duo came to Kolkata to meet West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee reviewing the law and order situation in the Hills.

GJM president Binay Tamang and general secretary and Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) chairman AnitThapa met Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna here.

"Who is BimalGurung? He is a closed chapter in Darjeeling. It is not in our syllabus even," BinoyTamang told reporters when asked if anything was discussed about Gurung during the meeting with the West Bengal CM.

Tamang said that former GJM president Bimal Gurung, general secretary RoshanGiri and their groups have no existence in Darjeeling now. "It is a bygone chapter now," he said.

After BimalGurung suddenly resurfaced in public on October 21 just before the Durga Puja festival, multiple rallies were being held against him in the hills. While addressing the media before leaving for Kolkata on Monday, BinayTamang said that Gurung is not a threat to him but instead, the matter is just the other way round.

Tamang said that Gurung's return to the Darjeeling Hills will not affect his political career.

Trinamool Congress LokSabha MP Sougata Roy said that the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) has no existence in the hills. "BimalGurung was on the run for three years. He has shown faith in chief minister Mamata Banerjee and resurfaced. He also publicly said that he would support the Trinamool Congress in the 2021 Assembly elections," Roy said.

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