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Bhaichung Bhutia Warns BJP Against Merging Darjeeling With Sikkim

  • Hamro Sikkim Party leader Bhaichung Bhutia asked the BJP to clarify what it meant by a “permanent solution” to the Darjeeling “issue”. 
     
  • He also cautioned the BJP against any plan to merge the region with Sikkim.
     
  • Bhutia said the BJP had won the Darjeeling parliamentary seat thrice on the Gorkhaland statehood plank.

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  • He further said that now they were only talking about a “permanent solution” without mentioning either statehood or even UT status.
     
  • BJP's 2019 election manifesto had said the party was committed to working towards finding a permanent political solution to the issue of the Darjeeling issue.

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