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Gorkhaland battle lines: Did Mamata government fan the flames in GJM split?

The state government engineers a split in the Gorkhaland movement, pitting the peace faction against the agitation lobby.

The West Bengal government is using the old colonial tactic of divide and rule to split the Gorkhaland agitation, which has held the two hill districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong town in its violent grip for the past three months.

Till last week, Bimal Gurung,

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