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'''Neeraj Zimba Tamang'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Neeraj Tamang Zimba(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)) - MyNeta|url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=2160|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=myneta.info}}</ref> ( | '''Neeraj Zimba Tamang'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Neeraj Tamang Zimba(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)) - MyNeta|url=https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=2160|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=myneta.info}}</ref> (14 November 1981) is an Indian Gorkha politician. He is the Central Committee Member and presently Secretary General | ||
and Legal Adviser of [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]] (GNLF). He was GNLF Spokesperson till 2019. He is also a practicing Criminal Lawyer by profession.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|author-link=|date=July 10, 2019|title=MLA Neeraj Zimba and His Historic Blunder|url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/mla-neeraj-zimba-historic-blunder/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=thedarjeelingchronicle.com|publisher=Sudarshan Limbu}}</ref> He served as an MLA in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from the 23-Darjeeling Assembly constituency after winning on a BJP ticket in 2019 by polls.<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/bjp-banner-for-gnlf-in-darjeeling-bypoll/cid/1689492|website=telegraphindia.com|title=BJP banner for GNLF in Darjeeling bypoll|accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="uniindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/bjp-candidate-niraj-zimba-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypoll-binay-tamang-lost/States/news/1608267.html|website=uniindia.com|title=BJP candidate Niraj Zimba wins Darjeeling assembly bypoll, Binay Tamang lost|accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref> | |||
== Early life and education == | == Early life and education == | ||
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== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
An ardent follower of [[Subhash Ghisingh|Subash Ghishing]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 10, 2019|title=MLA Neeraj Zimba and His Historic Blunder|url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/mla-neeraj-zimba-historic-blunder/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=thedarjeelingchronicle.com}}</ref> since his school days, he became the youngest Central Committee Member of the GNLF party and the youngest Indian Gorkha Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) to represent his 23-Darjeeling Constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2019 at the age of 36.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BJP wins Darjeeling assembly bypolls, Congress bags Kandi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=indiatoday.in}}</ref> He became the party Spokesperson in 2016. His #RTI<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=RTI on committee for tribal status to 11 Gorkha communities|url=https://www.indiangorkhas.in/2016/09/rti-on-committee-for-tribal-status-11-gorkha-communities.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=indiangorkhas.in}}</ref> reports on Gorkhaland Issue and Tribal Status Issue have garnered public attention. | An ardent follower of [[Subhash Ghisingh|Subash Ghishing]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 10, 2019|title=MLA Neeraj Zimba and His Historic Blunder|url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/mla-neeraj-zimba-historic-blunder/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=thedarjeelingchronicle.com}}</ref> since his school days, he became the youngest Central Committee Member of the GNLF party and the youngest Indian Gorkha Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) to represent his 23-Darjeeling Constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2019 at the age of 36.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BJP wins Darjeeling assembly bypolls, Congress bags Kandi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/bjp-wins-darjeeling-assembly-bypolls-congress-bags-kandi-1533259-2019-05-24|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=indiatoday.in}}</ref> He became the party Spokesperson in 2016. His #RTI<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=RTI on committee for tribal status to 11 Gorkha communities|url=https://www.indiangorkhas.in/2016/09/rti-on-committee-for-tribal-status-11-gorkha-communities.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=indiangorkhas.in}}</ref> reports on [[Gorkhaland]] Issue and Tribal Status Issue have garnered public attention. | ||
=== 2019 Assembly election === | === 2019 Assembly election === | ||
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