What is Chicken’s Neck? Inside Suvendu Adhikari’s strategic move to shield India’s most vulnerable chokepoint

Siliguri Corridor: In a dramatic geopolitical and infrastructural shift, the recently established West Bengal Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has officially taken steps towards transferring about 120 acres of land and seven important national highways in the crucial Siliguri Corridor, which is also famously known as the “Chicken’s Neck.” The bold move has made good on the key promise that was outlined in the manifesto of Adhikari and finally broken the deadlock on the issue of land transfer between the state government and the central government that had been going on for quite some time. The…