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Arjun Kalyan Bishwo Karmaa (Nepali: अर्जुन कल्याण विश्व कर्मा) as known as A.K. is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a party that is demanding the formation of a Gorkhaland state within West Bengal in India.

Education
A.K. was born in Darjeeling, in northern India. He has studied at Surat Public School upto class 10. Then he went to New Delhi, India. A.K. finished his M.A. in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Gorkhaland demand
Immediately upon formation of BJP, Gorkhaland, A.K. renewed the demand of the formation of a Gorkhaland state comprising the Darjeeling district and many areas of the Dooars. The total area of the proposed state is 6450 km2 and comprises Banarhat, Bhaktinagar, Birpara, Chalsa, Darjeeling, Jaigaon, Kalchini, Kalimpong, Kumargram, Kurseong, Madarihat, Malbazar, Mirik and Nagarkatta. Unlike the 1980s, GJM has maintained that the struggle for Gorkhaland would be through non-violence and non-cooperation.