The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections 2014 on Monday Morning,but the BJP or the GJM supporters in the Darjeeling Hills were not satisfied as the main Gorkhaland demand of the hill people doesn’t figure in the BJP’s election manifesto.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)-backed BJP candidate S S Ahluwalia had a pressing time explaining the party's election manifesto,On the sidelines of a public meeting in Sonada, the BJP candidate said, "In our 2009 election manifesto, we had mentioned the long-pending demands of Gorkhas, Adivasis and other people of Darjeeling and Dooars regions, which stand valid in this year's election, too. I have spoken to my party in Delhi. An addendum will follow soon."
And now according to the Gorkha janmukti Morcha Chief Bimal Gurung Official page it's further stated that the BJP released an addendum to the manifesto last night -
" In the BJP Manifesto it has been clearly stated that "BJP has always stood for greater decentralisation through smaller states.”
The GJM had demanded for the inclusion of the sentence "long pending demands of the Gorkhas and Adivasis" and I am happy that the BJP released an addendum to the manifesto last night stating "Further to the Election Manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released today for the Lok Sabha Elections of 2014, the BJP reiterates that it will sympathetically examine and appropriately consider the long pending demands of the Gorkhas, the Adivasis and other people of Darjeeling district and the Dooars region; of the Kamtapuri, Rajbongshi and other people of North Bengal (including recognition of their language)".
The GJM had demanded for the inclusion of the sentence "long pending demands of the Gorkhas and Adivasis" and I am happy that the BJP released an addendum to the manifesto last night stating "Further to the Election Manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released today for the Lok Sabha Elections of 2014, the BJP reiterates that it will sympathetically examine and appropriately consider the long pending demands of the Gorkhas, the Adivasis and other people of Darjeeling district and the Dooars region; of the Kamtapuri, Rajbongshi and other people of North Bengal (including recognition of their language)".