Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha

Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (transl. Indian Gorkha Democratic Alliance; abbr. BGPM) is a political party based in Darjeeling district and Kalimpong district of West Bengal in India. BGPM was founded on 9 September 2021.[2] The president of the party is Anit Thapa, who was earlier a leader of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.[2]

Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha
AbbreviationBGPM
PresidentAnit Thapa
FounderAnit Thapa
Founded9 September 2021 (2021-09-09)
Split fromGorkha Janmukti Morcha
ECI StatusRegistered Unrecognised Party
AllianceAITC+[1]
Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
1 / 294
Seats in Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
29 / 45

Election history

BGPM contested the Darjeeling Municipality election in February 2022. It won 9 seats out of a total of 32 seats.[3] BGPM contested in 36 seats in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration election held on 26 June 2022.[4] It won 27 seats in the election to form the GTA Sabha.[5] BGPM has one member, Ruden Sada Lepcha, in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, who won as a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binoy-Anit) candidate from Kalimpong Assembly constituency in 2021.[6][7] Two Hamro Party councillors of the GTA joined BGPM on 5 November 2022.[8] Six Hamro Party ward commissioners of Darjeeling Municipality joined BGPM on 24 November 2022.[9][10]

References
  1. "पश्चिम बंगाल की मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी ने कहा था कि भारतीय गोरखा प्रजातांत्रिक मोर्चा संग तृणमूल कांग्रेस का गठबंधन था". m.jagran.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. "Anit Thapa floats Darjeeling's 12th party Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. "West Bengal: Formed 3 months ago, Hamro Party beats major players in Darjeeling polls". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. "GTA elections: 210 of 318 candidates are Independents". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. "North Bengal GTA Election Results 2022". Financial Express. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. "Anit Thapa's new party plans 45 public meetings across the hills". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. "Bengal polls 2021:BJP wins two hill seats, Binay Tamang camp one". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  8. "Two Hamro Party GTA Sabhasads cross over to BGPM". Millennium Post. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  9. "With BGPM set to wrest Darjeeling Municipality, Anit Thapa takes centre stage in hills politics". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  10. "Darjeeling municipality: Binay Tamang, Bimal Gurung add to chaos". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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