Posters warning BJP, GJM leaders found in Darjeeling

Amitava Banerjee | MP | 16 November 2018 | Darjeeling: Days after BJP leader Mukul Roy had advocated Bimal Gurung's return to the Hills, posters appeared in Kurseong and Kalimpong on Friday morning daring Roy, Gurung and Roshan Giri to come to the Hills.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung had led an agitation in 2017 which had culminated in a 105-day long bandh in Darjeeling and Kalimpong. The agitation witnessed violence, deaths and arson with sporadic clashed between the agitators and security forces. Multiple criminal cases were slapped against Gurung and his men, including Roshan Giri and Prakash Gurung. They are all absconding since then. On Friday, posters written in Nepali and signed by "Janta" (public) appeared at different locations including motor stand and Park Location in Kurseong; Dambar Chowk and Motor Stand in Kalimpong.

The posters challenged Mukul Roy to come to Darjeeling before urging Gurung and Giri to return. The posters dubbed Gurung Giri duo as Madan Tamang's murderers. "How many lives have Gurung ended in the Hills?" read the posters. "Faulty leadership has ruined the Hills. We do not want such leaders anymore. Let Gurung and Giri review their security before returning to the Hills," read the posters.

Incidentally, the BJP had won the Parliamentary elections in 2009 and 2014 backed by the GJM in Darjeeling.

In another development, the CID and the police on Friday carried out a court order of attachment of property of Prakash Gurung, a close confidant of Gurung. He has been charged under sections 353/12B/307/3012 of the Indian Penal Code in a case dated 17/10/17. Prakash Gurung has been declared an absconder. A total of 4 truck loads of goods was taken away from his residence at Barahatta under Lhodama police station in the Darjeeling sub division.

Vivek Chhetri, TT, Darjeeling: Posters against BJP leader Mukul Roy and fugitive Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung have come up in the hills warning them against climbing up Darjeeling. 
The posters, signed by janta (public), were found pasted at various places in Kurseong on Friday morning. 
The poster titled "Mukul Roy ­Murdabad" dares "Mukul Roy, a sycophant of Bimal Gurung" to climb the hills before Gurung "Wrong leadership has ruined the hills, we no longer want wrong leadership," states the poster.
The attack on Roy comes a few days after the BJP leader reportedly stated that the party would contest the coming Lok Sabha as an ally of Bimal Gurung.
The poster describes Roshan Giri as "Madan Tamang's murderer" and states: "Bimal Gurung, now scores will be settled on the number of murders you have committed." .
The posters have been written in Nepali and also say incidents like chasing Subash Ghisingh (GNLF leader) out of Darjeeling and not allowing the body of Ghisingh's wife to be brought to the hills for her final rites have not yet been forgotten.