India, July 2 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday hit out at Congress, saying that the opposition party supports 'tukde tukde' of India. The scathing attack came after Congress leader Ajoy Kumar referred to Sikkim as a 'neighbouring country', a gaffe he later called 'a slip of the tongue'.

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla described Kumar's remarks as an insult to Sikkim and the entire Northeast region. He accused Congress of longstanding hostility toward the Northeast.

"Today, the statement made by Ajoy Kumar that Sikkim is not an integral part of India and is, in fact, a neighbouring nation, shows how he has insulted not just Sikkim but the entire northeast. Congress has always been against the Northeast. We have s...