SILIGURI, : “West Bengal government has no concern on the issues of common people
but is more interested in collecting resources and taxes. That is why they did
not turn up in the tripartite meeting called by the Home ministry on April 3 at
North Block in New Delhi,” said Darjeeling MP Raju Bista who arrived on Friday
evening at Bagdogra airport.
Bista said that the letter was given to the State government for the tripartite talk but not even a single representative from the government attended the meeting.
According to Bista, the snub by the State government to the meeting will cause more harm in future and they will have to regret it.
“The talk has now begun even at bipartite level but was fruitful and will soon come to the conclusion which will be positive for the common people,” said Bista.
The Darjeeling MP added that the Centre allocates Rs 200 croreas funds for the development for GTA but only Rs 100 crore is provided by the West Bengal government.
The ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday convened a meeting with Gorkha representatives to address issues concerning communities of Gorkhas and it was chaired by Union Minister for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai.
The delegation accompanying Bista included Darjeeling MLA Neeraj Zimba, Kalchini MLA Bishal Lama, GNLF chief Mann Ghishing, CPRM president JB Rai, GJM president Bimal Gurung, GNLF secretary Nar BahadurChhetri and others.
The meeting was also attended by top officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs.