New Delhi:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Delhi last night for a meeting with Prime Minister later today.
Though for the record, the meeting is to discuss issues of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) and "excess flow of water" to Bangladesh through the Farakka barrage, it comes in the backdrop of growing confrontation between chief ministers and the Prime Minister over the anti-terror agency, the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).
Mamata Banerjee is one of the seven chief ministers who is opposing Home Ministry's proposal to set up the NCTC.
Last Saturday, Ms Banerjee had alleged that the Centre had kept secret the fact about the two damaged sluice gates on the Farakka Barrage, resulting in Bangladesh getting 82,801 cusecs of water as against 35,000 cusecs it is supposed to get during the dry season.
"I sought an appointment with the Prime Minister to discuss the issue of GTA and the problem arising out of excess flow of water to Bangladesh through the broken sluice gates on Farakka barrage. I will discuss these issues with him on Wednesday," she said.
Ms Banerjee has said that the tripartite agreement on Gorkhaland Territorial Administration had already been signed, but its implementation was being delayed. "Why should there be delay? I will seek PM's intervention," she had said.
(With PTI inputs)