Sikkim BJP leader pans MLAs

The fissures within the Sikkim BJP came out in the open with Laten Sherpa, the party’s state secretary, on Monday publicly castigating majority of its MLAs for their alleged failure to stand by people in times of the raging coronavirus crisis.

In a video message released on social media, Sherpa wondered where the party legislators were hiding when the people were faced with difficulties because of the prolonged lockdown induced by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Where are they? I don’t see them in the midst of people in their hour of need. They should have been at the forefront to ameliorate the problems being faced by the people,” he said. The target of Sherpa’s verbal assault was obviously the 10 MLAs who had defected to the BJP from the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).