The ongoing situation in Darjeeling the meeting called by the West Bengal government in Siliguri on Thursday turned out to be a damp squib.The isolation of the government was also evident as only two of the 15 development boards set up by the State government in the hills came for talks.
This was the first meeting called by the government to tackle the issue and none of political parties from the hills participated in it. Even major Opposition parties like the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front stayed away.“This meeting was held without any conditions. Those who have not come I hope will join the discussions in future,” West Bengal Home Secretary Moloy De said after the meeting.
Mr. De said the government was making an appeal with an open mind that the bandh in the hills be withdrawn, adding that the path of dialogue remained open for all stakeholders.The State’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee said the government will keep the process of discussion on and appealed that the ‘disruptive activities’ in the hills stop.Meanwhile the situation in the Darjeeling hills remained the same, with near-total shutdown on the eighth day of the indefinite strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. While the Internet services remained down, cable television services were also suspended.
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