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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Shiv Sahay Singh

BJP MLA threatens to contest LS election as independent if local candidate not fielded from Darjeeling

Darjeeling Lok Sabha Raju Bista Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Kurseong Assembly seat Bishnu Prasad Sharma on Wednesday urged the top leadership of the BJP to field a local candidate from Darjeeling Lok Sabha, and threatened to contest the polls from the seat as an independent candidate if the party nominates an ‘outsider’ to contest the polls.

Mr. Sharma, who has been vocal on the demand of creation of Gorkhaland, since he was elected to the State Assembly in 2021 said that “outsiders are not sensitive to issues of people of Darjeeling”.

“For the past 20 years, from Dawa Narbulla (2004-2009) of the Congress to three BJP MPs - Jaswant Singh (2009-2014), S.S. Ahluwalia (2014-2019), and Raju Bista (2019-2024) we did not have any local resident as the MP of Darjeeling. Prime Minister [Narendra Modi] calls people to be vocal for locals and I am trying to voice that,” the MLA told The Hindu over telephone.

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