Union Home Minister Amit Shah promised that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would resolve the decades-old Gorkha issue within six months if it comes to power in West Bengal. 

Addressing an election rally at Kurseong in Darjeeling district, Shah said, ‘Within six months of the BJP forming the government in West Bengal, every Gorkha will have a smile on his face. We will find such a solution to the Gorkha issue that Gorkhas can live in peace. Shah reiterated that a BJP government in the state would take steps within six months to resolve the issue in accordance with the wishes of the Gorkhas. He also said no party other than the BJP could find a solution acceptable to the Gorkhas. 

Amit Shah further said the problem had persisted for decades because successive governments had failed to sincerely address the aspirations of the people of the Darjeeling hills. 

Union Home Minister also raised the issue of the deletion of names of some Gorkhas from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. He said that once the BJP government is formed in West Bengal, all such names will be included in the electoral rolls again.

The Gorkha issue refers to the century-old statehood demand in the Gorkha-majority hill districts in north Bengal.