Darjeeling MP seeks Helicopter service to boost tourism
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista met with civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu to discuss the ongoing Bagdogra Airport expansion project.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista met with civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu to discuss the ongoing Bagdogra Airport expansion project.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has strongly opposed chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to allow 30 per cent of tea garden land to be diverted for non-tea purposes, calling it a “dangerous and dictatorial” policy that could displace indigenous communities.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista underscored the critical role of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in safeguarding the Darjeeling Hills, Terai, and Dooars, which include the strategically significant “Chicken Neck” region of India.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista raised the issue of re-inclusion of 11 excluded Gorkha sub-tribes—Gurung, Bhujel, Mangar, Newar, Jogi, Khas, Rai, Sunwar, Thami, Yakkha, and Dhimal—as Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Parliament, emphasising the urgency of the matter.
After chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s criticism of Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, the latter hit back with a strong counterattack, responding to her remarks.
Former Rajya Sabha member from Darjeeling, Shanta Chhetri, along with the current Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, have voiced their concerns regarding the ‘Nepal Tea menace.’
Ahead of chief minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Siliguri, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has called for her intervention in resolving the ongoing bonus dispute in Darjeeling tea plantations, under the jurisdiction of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA).
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista today accused the state government of not cooperating with the CBI investigation into the R G Kar Hospital rape case, claiming that they have resisted every attempt to uncover the truth.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista passionately addressed the Parliament on Friday, raising the issue of granting parja patta (deed of land rights) for the ancestral lands of the people in his Parliamentary constituency.
Two-time BJP MP Raju Bista is also a national spokesperson for the party. This young parliamentarian is articulate and calls a spade a spade.
