Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Congress-led central government of indulging in "vendetta politics" over Gorkhaland after Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's meeting with the GJM leaders earlier this week.
Ms Banerjee also accused the Centre for creating unrest in Darjeeling by giving oxygen to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership which is carrying an intensified stir in the hills.
"The PM had assured me that there will be no meeting with GJM without our consent. Then why this meeting? Why there is politics of vendetta? The Centre has its own jurisdiction which it should not cross," Ms Banerjee told media persons in Kolkata.
She read out excerpts from a letter which she claimed was written by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assuring her that there will be no meetings with the GJM leadership without informing the state government.
A GJM delegation met Mr Shinde on Tuesday and later claimed that he has assured it of tripartite talks to resolve the Gorkhaland issue.
Ms Banerjee warned both the Centre as well as the GJM against disturbing peace in Darjeeling.
"Just for the sake of electoral and political benefits those who are indulging in vendetta politics, the people of Bengal will give them a befitting reply. Hooliganism will not be allowed. It is not the solution to any problem," she added.
Ms Banerjee also accused the Centre for creating unrest in Darjeeling by giving oxygen to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership which is carrying an intensified stir in the hills.
"The PM had assured me that there will be no meeting with GJM without our consent. Then why this meeting? Why there is politics of vendetta? The Centre has its own jurisdiction which it should not cross," Ms Banerjee told media persons in Kolkata.
She read out excerpts from a letter which she claimed was written by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assuring her that there will be no meetings with the GJM leadership without informing the state government.
A GJM delegation met Mr Shinde on Tuesday and later claimed that he has assured it of tripartite talks to resolve the Gorkhaland issue.
Ms Banerjee warned both the Centre as well as the GJM against disturbing peace in Darjeeling.
"Just for the sake of electoral and political benefits those who are indulging in vendetta politics, the people of Bengal will give them a befitting reply. Hooliganism will not be allowed. It is not the solution to any problem," she added.
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