In an attempt to gain a foothold in the Dooar region of West Bengal, comprising the districts of Darjeeling and parts of Jalpaiguri, the BJP leadership is willing to accommodate “in some manner” the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s Gorkhaland statehood demand. Accompanied by his colleagues, GJM president Bimal Gurung had early this month met BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani, party president Rajnath Singh and other senior leaders to lobby for their demand for the creation of a separate Gorkhaland state. The GJM has asked the saffron party to back their cause openly; in return, the BJP has been promised the Gorkha outfit’s full support in the coming Lok Sabha polls. MORE...
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