BJP wins three hill Assembly seats; concerns rise over GTA’s future in Darjeeling
Published on: May 5, 2026, 7:27 a.m. | Source: Telegraph India
Bharat Chettri, former Indian hockey team captain and Olympian, defeated Ruden Sada Lepcha of the Anit Thapa-led Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) on a BJP ticket from Kalimpong. The BJP’s Sonam Lama defeated the BGPM’s general secretary Amar Lama from Kurseong. Noman Rai, the youth president of Bimal Gurung’s Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, who contested on a BJP ticket from Darjeeling, also defeated the BGPM’s Bijoy Kumar Rai
