BJP has assured total support to Gorkhaland: Gurung

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung has claimed that the BJP central leadership has extended total support to the demand for creating Gorkhaland.

Addressing a rally at Panighata, about 30km from here on Friday, Gurung said he had talks with senior BJP leaders like LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, and Sushma Swaraj, who accepted the logic behind the creation of the separate state and assured total support to fulfil the aspirations of the hill people.

Gurung, who had gone to New Delhi with five of his party leaders on January 5, also claimed to have got an invitation from Congress leaders to hold talks, but he did not meet them as it would be of no use talking to them on Gorkhaland.