India, Feb. 19 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Darjeeling district's Kurseong constituency Bishnu Prasad Sharma on Thursday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), saying only the ruling party worked for the development of his constituency.

"I want to tell those who voted for me that I want to work for the development they demand. The Centre never sent funds but development of Kurseong was not affected as the state did its job," Sharma told media persons after he was inducted into the party in presence of senior cabinet ministers Shashi Panja and Bratya Basu at the TMC headquarters in Kolkata.

Sharma said BJP did not make any effort for a separate state of Gorkhaland as promised in their election manifesto.

"BJP will never...