 The aims and the objectives of the new party was to "fight for the democratic right of the Indian Gorkhas living in India and (to) work unitedly for the creation of separate state for the people residing in the three Hill Sub-Division of Darjeeling, Siliguri Terai and Dooars areas.GJM’s opposition of the sixth schedule and demand for Gorkhaland was supported by Dr Mahendra P. Lama, Dr Vimal Khawas, and other parties as well, viz.the BJP, the Congress, the Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (CPRM), and the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL).