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Bharatiya Gorkha Janashakti (BGJ[1] or BGJS;[2] 'Indian Gorkha People's Power') is a political party in the Darjeeling District of the Indian state of West Bengal. BGJS was launched in 1998, anticipating the 1999 Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) elections. BGJS was part of the United Front launched by Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists and Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League.[2]
BGJS demanded that the Gorkhas should be included as Scheduled Tribes (giving access to quotas and reservations) and that the area of DGHC should be reorganized.[2]
In 2003, BGJS was revived, anticipating the DGHC elections the following year which eventually was not held.[citation needed]
The president of BGJS is C.R. Rai. In 2001, members of the Gorkha National Liberation Front supporting a bandh stoned Rai's house and set two of his three cars on fire.[1]
- ^ a b "Violence mars bandh in Darjeeling". The Tribune. Press Trust of India. 12 February 2001. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Opp gears up for DGHC polls". The Times of India. Times News Network. 10 March 2003. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.