In West Bengal, India the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha which is agitating for a separate hill state at Darjeeling, will be supporting the BJP in the coming polls.
It hopes, BJP which is a supporter of smaller states, will later accept the demand for a separate state. The Morcha claims, the 15 million Gorkha population in India can influence poll results in 15 onstituencies.
Gautam Gupta has more details.