Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (; BGPM) is a political party based in

Darjeeling district Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its hill station and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters. Kurse ...

and

Kalimpong district Kalimpong district is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. Originally known as Dalingkot tehsil, the region was alternatively under the control of Sikkim and Bhutan. In 1865, it was annexed from Bhutan by British India under the Treaty ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. BGPM was founded on 9 September 2021. The president of the party is Anit Thapa, who was earlier a leader of

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is a registered unrecognized political party, that campaigns for the creation of a separate state Gorkhaland within India, out of districts in the north of West Bengal. The party was launched on 7 October 2007. T ...

Election history

BGPM contested the Darjeeling Municipality election in February 2022. It won 9 seats out of a total of 32 seats. BGPM contested in 36 seats in the

Gorkhaland Territorial Administration The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration is a semi-autonomous council for the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal state in India. The GTA was formed in 2012 to replace the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, which was formed in 198 ...

election held on 26 June 2022. It won 27 seats in the election to form the GTA Sabha. BGPM has one member, Ruden Sada Lepcha, in the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the B. B. D. Bagh area of Kolkata, the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by t ...

, who won as a

(Binoy-Anit) candidate from Kalimpong Assembly constituency in 2021. Two Hamro Party councillors of the GTA joined BGPM on 5 November 2022. Six Hamro Party ward commissioners of Darjeeling Municipality joined BGPM on 24 November 2022.

References

{{reflist Political parties in India Political parties established in 2021