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BJP leader and Indian PM Modi coaxing Darjeeling



KATHMANDU: With the general elections just around the corner, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India has unveiled its election manifesto with commitment for good governance, national security, and prosperity for the next rule.

The election manifesto was unveiled amid a special program in the Indian capital New Delhi on Monday for 17th Lok Sabha election which is beginning from April 11.

BJP, in the manifesto, expressed commitment to recognize 11 Nepali speaking communities of Darjeeling and Sikkim as indigenous nationalities in an effort to take them into confidence.

BJP had made similar commitments in the general elections of 2014, too.

Publish Date : 09 April 2019 08:29 AM

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