Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (Nepali

Nepali language

Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...

: भारतीय गोर्खा परिसंघ) is a non-government national-level organization of Indian Gorkha

Indian Gorkha

Indian Gorkha is a term used to describe the Nepali/Gorkhali-speaking citizens of India. This term tries to make a distinction between the citizens of Nepal and the Indian citizens of Gorkha ethnic group....

s.

Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh was established in 2001. It has its headquarters in Siliguri

Siliguri

Siliguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck - a very narrow strip of land linking mainland India to its north-eastern states. It is also the transit point for air, road and rail traffic to the neighbouring countries of Nepal,...

, in the Darjeeling district

Darjeeling district

Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its beautiful hill stations and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

 and unit offices in almost all the regions of India, including the states of Delhi, Sikkim, Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Its current national president is Dil Kumari Bhandari, former Lok Sabha member from Sikkim

Sikkim

Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...

. Its working president is Rev Enos Das Pradhan and its Secretary General is Sukhman Moktan.

Demands

Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh has identified seven issues of the Indian Gorkhas to be resolved at the national level:

1. Creation of a separate state for the Gorkhas
   Indian Gorkha
   Indian Gorkha is a term used to describe the Nepali/Gorkhali-speaking citizens of India. This term tries to make a distinction between the citizens of Nepal and the Indian citizens of Gorkha ethnic group....
   
    of India
2. Identification of the problems of tea garden and cinchona plantation in Darjeeling
   Darjeeling district
   Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its beautiful hill stations and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters...
   
   -Dooars as a national problem
3. Addressing the sense of insecurity and uncertainty in the minds of Gorkhas of Northeast India
4. Commissioning of a Doordarshan
   DoorDarshan
   Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...
   
   channel dedicated to the Nepali-speaking Gorkhas
5. Nomination of Gorkhas to public and government bodies
6. Recognition of Gorkhas as a linguistic minority community
7. Empowering Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh to issue certificates for the purpose of recruitment to the armed forces

Reference

• http://www.christiantoday.com/article/gorkhas.demand.separate.state.recognition.in.india/8847-2.htm
• http://www.assamtimes.org/Political/2477.html
• http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gorkha-parisangh-for-separate-state-in-india/19055
• http://mygorkhaland.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/seven-national-issues-of-the-bharatiya-gorkha-parisangh
• http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/News/bgp-convention.html