Hours after the Bengal government announced a partial lockdown on January 3, Ajoy Edwards declared that his outfit would halt all political activities...
Most hill parties are aligned with either the BJP or the TMC and the Gorkha leader's announcement is being seen as an attempt to provide a new option in politics...
The BGPM brought more than 40-odd apolitical people from different walks of life to showcase that 'the educated and intellectuals' were with the new party...
He said that he would stand as ‘a voice of the silent majority’ and if the need arose would also contest the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration polls...