Darjeeling TMC Lok Sabha candidate
Bhaichung Bhutia, who is campaigning in Kalimpong, today held a press
meet where he said he would leverage his experiences in the football
field by adopting them in the field of politics.
Despite having no practical experience
in politics, working honestly will make it an easy game for him,
according to Bhaichung. The man, renowned for his proficiency in soccer,
added, “My coach used to say football is a game played with the foot
instead of the lips. Thus I don’t want to engage in the politics of
lies. I want to work with sincerity in this field. By successfully
contesting from Darjeeling, I want to prove elections cannot be won
money and muscle power alone.”
Bhaichung admitted he is aware of the
people’s aspirations being attached to the Gorkhaland issue, but he will
mainly focus on the issues of employment, education, housing and other
basic needs. Averring that nothing has been gained from past statehood
movements, the TMC candidate said the BJP will also fail to do anything
in this regard. He accused BJP MP Jaswant Singh of not even bringing in
development to the hills leave alone the formation of a state.
Slamming Singh further, he said, “As per
information gained from a RTI filing, 99.9 per cent of the MP fund has
been invested in Darjeeling constituency. But for what purposes have
these funds been used? There are no records.”(EOIC)