New Delhi, July 2 -- The Sikkim unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday strongly opposed the "outrageous and ignorant" statement made by Indian National Congress (INC) leader Ajoy Kumar, in which he referred to Sikkim as a "neighbouring country" during a press conference at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters.

In a post on social media X, the BJP Sikkim unit wrote, "The BJP Sikkim unit vehemently denounces the outrageous and ignorant statement made by INC leader Ajoy Kumar, who shockingly referred to Sikkim as a 'neighbouring country' during his press conference at AICC headquarters today."

The party further in their post wrote that it was "utterly deplorable" for a former IPS officer and Member of Parliamen...