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This is the second letter that Banerjee has written to Modi on this issue. She had sent the first letter on October 18. "I once again look forward to your intervention and request you to revoke this unconstitutional and arbitrary order," she wrote on Monday. In October this year, the Centre appointed Pankaj Kumar Singh, a retired IPS officer, as an interlocutor to hold discussions on the issues relating to Gorkhas in Darjeeling hills, Terai and Dooars regions of West Bengal. "It is a matter o ...Read More >
Expressing "surprise and shock" over the appointment of an interlocutor to hold discussions on the issues relating to Gorkhas, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded revocation of the decision. "This appointment has been made without any consultation with the Government of West Bengal, even though the issues under reference directly relate to the governance, peace, and administrative stability of the area under Gorkhaland Territorial ...Read More >
Darjeeling: CM Mamata Banerjee wrote to PM Narendra Modi on Saturday urging him to "reconsider and revoke" the appointment of former deputy national security advisor (NSA) Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor on Gorkha issues. In her letter to the PM, Banerjee wrote that she was "surprised and shocked" at the Centre making an appointment without consulting the state govt. "Such unilateral action is inconsistent with the spirit of cooperative federalism," the CM wrote.She further wrote that issu ...Read More >
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed surprise and shock in a protest letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the appointment of retired IPS officer Pankaj Kumar Singh as the interlocutor to discuss issues of Gorkhas in Darjeeling, Dooars and Terai ahead of next year's assembly elections. Terming the decision as unilateral, Ms Banerjee also urged the Prime Minister to revoke it. She wrote in the letter, "I am surprised and shocked to learn that the Government of I ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly objected to the Centre's move to appoint an interlocutor to hold discussions on the issues relating to Gorkhas in Darjeeling Hills, Tarai and Dooars regions of the state and said that the move was taken without any consultation with the state government. She further described that as a "unilateral" decision, saying that such action is inconsistent with the spirit of cooperative federalism th ...Read More >
Kolkata / Siliguri: Days after the Centre appointed former deputy national security advisor Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor to hold discussions on the issues relating to Gorkhas in north Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee termed d the decision as "shocking" and "unilateral" while requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke the appointment. "I am surprised and shocked to know that the centre has appointed Pankaj Kumar Singh, IPS (Retd) as an interlocutor to hold discussions on th ...Read More >
Darjeeling: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that a larger, grand Mahakal temple would be constructed adjacent to the proposed convention centre in Siliguri, for which a trust will be formed. She said the Darjeeling district magistrate has been directed to identify suitable land for the project."We constructed the Jagannath Temple in Digha. We are making a Durga Angan at Rajarhat. A trust was set up for that purpose. I have asked the Darjeeling DM to look for land for a convention centre, and ...Read More >
Kolkata: As the mega Durga Puja carnival was unveiled in Kolkata on Sunday evening, with around 116 puja pandals participating in the cultural extravaganza on Red Road in Kolkata with pulsating performances by dance troupes, before immersion, Opposition parties are slamming the chief minister for holding the carnival at a time when over 18 people have lost their lives following the incessant rains in North Bengal. The mega carnival is being attended by people from all walks of lives, including ...Read More >
Darjeeling/Siliguri, Oct 6 (PTI) The death toll from devastating landslides in North Bengal rose to 28 on Monday, with six people still missing, as rescue teams battled landslides and rising waters across the hills and Dooars. The disaster has also ignited a fierce political confrontation between the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for triggering a "man-made disaster", while the BJP accused the TMC of orchestrating an ...Read More >
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