The saffron party has won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha twice on the back of a promise to back a separate state of Gorkhaland. But now, BJP leaders in the hills are feeling the heat as a violent movement for Gorkhaland rages in the hills. “The Darjeeling BJP unit is in a dilemma,” said a hill BJP leader who refused to be named as the BJP central leadership has authorised only the state BJP chief to speak on the issue. “The Bharatiya Janata Party has taken the Nepali speaking people of the hills for a ride,” said another senior party leader from Darjeeling. “A separate state is neither practical nor feasible or a solution and we do not support the demand.

Source: Hindustan Times June 20, 2017 06:11 UTC