• Sujal Pradhan, Sikkim Correspondent

Senior political leader and former three time minister in SDF led government DT Lepcha, now MLA from Bharatiya Janta Party for Gnathang –Machong constituency today made a bold statement by saying “Perhaps CM would not become a CM, if we would not have joined BJP party or BJP was not there in the interest of Sikkim.”

He was answering the question put up by media regarding rumors and allegations that BJP is blackmailing the government and trying to topple the government.

When it was asked that BJP and SKM is in alliance and BJP has not gained much, he said “The alliance between BJP and SKM is not ‘dignified alliance’, it is just an eye wash and in the interest Sikkim we joined BJP.”

MLA DT Lepcha made this statement while interacting with the media persons today after attending the last day of the Assembly session. This is the first time in this tenure he has made this sort of statement while he was silent till date in his last two and half years of this term tenure. This development comes at a time when people are already skeptical about the BJP and SKM alliance and this would probably open a new debate in Sikkim’s society in political discourse.

Lepcha also informed them that they raised various other issues such as Karmapa, One Family One Job and other issues time and again.