 | Barla voiced North Bengal people's concerns, should not be tagged separatist: Dilip GhoshMaintaining that the BJP does not support division of Bengal, Ghosh, however, said that Barla, as people's representative in Alipurduar, was simply putting forth their demand for the state's bifurcati |
 | Separate 'North Bengal' state voice of people: Union Minister John BarlaAddressing a press conference in Siliguri as part of the BJP's 'Shahid Samman Yatra', Barla said he would discuss the issue at the appropriate level. |
 | Union Cabinet reshuffle: Strategy evident in selection of four ministers from West BengalBJP did not do well in the recent Assembly polls. But around half of the 77 seats they won came from north Bengal and SC-dominated regions. |
 | Union ministers taking charge after Cabinet reshuffle vow to fulfil PM Modi's vision for countryMansukh Mandaviya, who took charge as the country's new health and family welfare minister, said he is committed to realizing Prime Minister Modi's dream of a healthy India. |
 | John Barla's elevation as Union minister proves BJP backs bifurcation of Bengal: Trinamool CongressBarla, one of the key architects of the BJP's making of inroads in north Bengal, had recently demanded a separate Union territory by carving out the region from the state. |
 | Alipurduar MP John Barla takes charge as MoS Minority AffairsProminent tribal leader Barla was one of the key persons responsible for the BJP making inroads in the North Bengal region and had recently demanded the creation of a union territory. |
 | John Barla again rakes up demand for separate North Bengal, despite BJP warningThe Alipurduar MP alleged that people who voted for the BJP were being denied ration and 100-days work under the job guarantee scheme. |
 | Bengal BJP cracks whip, cautions leaders against commenting on division of stateBJP MPs John Barla and Saumitra Khan stoked a controversy by demanding a Union Territory for north Bengal districts and a separate state comprising the Junglemahal region. |
 | Demand for dividing Bengal part of larger conspiracy of BJP, says Adhir ChowdhuryBJP MP John Barla recently sought a separate union territory comprising north Bengal districts, another Lok Sabha member of the party, Saumitra Khan, raised a similar demand. |
 | Ethnic groups in north Bengal reject BJP MP John Barla's separate Union Territory proposalJohn Barla, the saffron party MP from Alipurduar, recently sparked a political debate in the state when he called for bifurcation of Bengal, drawing sharp retort from the TMC and other parties. |
 | Bengal BJP MP seeks separate Junglemahal state, party distances itself from demandSaumitra Khan's demand, just like John Barla's, was, however, not endorsed by the party's state leadership, which clearly said that it was not in favour of Bengal's division. |
