PTI, Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged political parties in the Darjeeling hills to return to the path of peace and sit with the government for talks.
“The government is ready for talks with the hill parties, but peace has to be ushered in. The government has shown enough restraint in the interest of the people of the hills. Peace has to return to the hills,” she said.
“If peace returns in the next 10-15 days, I can call the hill parties for talks. But, let us restore peace first,” she added.
Banerjee said schools and colleges remained closed in Darjeeling, the people there were not getting enough food and other essential commodities and alleged that the leaders of the hill parties, however, were getting their supplies “from Sikkim and Nepal”.
The state government, she added, would send food to the people of the hills.
[Via: Hindustan Times]
[In pic: Policemen remove a barricade near the train station set alight during clashes with Gorkhaland supporters during an indefinite strike in Sonada near Darjeeling.(AFP)]
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