CPI(M) asks WB govt to keep in touch with Centre on Darjeeling

Accusing the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of failure to maintain peace in Darjeeling, the CPI(M) today urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to keep the Centre in loop over the situation.
"The chief minister may have strained ties with the Congress, but she should be in touch with the UPA government to keep life normal in Darjeeling hills which has been crippled by an indefinite bandh on the Gorkhaland demand," CPI(M) politburo member and Leader of the Opposition Suryakanta Mishra said.
Mishra said that the chief minister should have patience and the keep doors open for talks with the Morcha 'before things go out of control'.

"We neither back the Gorkhaland demand nor support the indefinite bandh. What we want is normal life in Darjeeling hills," he said on the sidelines of a function.
He said that the indefinite bandh had stalled normal life and put severe hardship on the common people.
Alleging that the 'seeds of unrest' was embedded in the tripartite treaty with the GJM, he said "This state government had indirectly supported Gorkhaland demand by inserting the name within the GTA.
"You indirectly supported the GJM demand for Gorkhaland and GTA has given recognition to it," he alleged.
He urged the chief minister to immediately call an all-party meeting to discuss the Darjeeling issue.