Siliguri, April 15 -- Union home minister Amit Shah's statement that a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal would resolve Gorkha issues without dividing the state has drawn mixed reactions in the Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong assembly seats, which go to polls in the first phase of the two-phase exercise on April 23.

"I told our Gorkha brothers in Darjeeling that after winning, the BJP will resolve the Gorkha issues following constitutional provisions and without dividing the state," Shah said at a BJP rally in South Dinajpur district on Tuesday, two days after chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Centre plans to divide the state.

BJP allies, the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) and Gorkha Janmukt...