West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – reportedly advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – will meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss the Darjeeling unrest.
Sources said, after the swearing-in-ceremony of Ram Nath Kovind as the 14th President of India at the Central Hall in New Delhi, PM Modi – while leaving the venue – noticed Mamata sitting almost in the last row. CM Mamata and PM Modi had a brief conversation; the party insiders claimed that she was advised to meet Rajnath Singh to resolve the Darjeeling issue.
Mamata is likely to meet Rajnath in the evening at his house, and the two leaders are expected to find some ways to convince Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Chief Bimal Gurung for talks.
The West Bengal Chief Minister is also likely to raise the issue of support that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders are allegedly getting from insurgency groups stationed in neighbouring states and countries.
Mamata has claimed that violence in the Hills is a ‘deep rooted conspiracy’, demanding the Central government look into the matter.
On June 18, the GJM leaders found themselves on the back foot after the Union Home Minister appealed to those demanding a separate state for Gorkhaland to maintain peace in the Hills.
Via: News18
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