Mamata Banerjee alleges senior BJP leader of instigating violence in Darjeeling, protests troop withdrawal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday levelled serious allegations against senior BJP leaders Centre’s decision to withdraw forces from Darjeeling hills.
“The Centre has, without discussing with the state, pulled out all the force from the hills. Taking such a unilateral decision is unfortunate on the part of the Central government. It is a politically and administratively bad decision. It is an undemocratic and unethical decision taken at a time when we are trying to restore peace there and recent recovery of arms and ammunition proves the involvement of Northeast insurgent groups in the violence that had taken place,” she lashed out at the Centre during a press conference at Nabanna, the state secretariat, after meeting representatives of political parties from the hills.
She said she had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and hoped something positive would come from there.
She alleged that the BJP was trying to engineer an unrest at the hills and create a political divide so that they can win one seat from there. Without naming BJP MP and Union minister of state for drinking water and sanitation, SS Ahluwalia, she said, “I have specific information that a BJP leader …read more