Date:10/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/10/stories/2008071060821400.htm

National

West Bengal for tripartite talks

Special Correspondent

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government will soon move the Centre for tripartite talks to resolve the stalemate in the Darjeeling hills arising from a demand by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha for a separate State. The request will be made as per a plea by GJM president Bimal Gurung that a meeting involving the Centre be held before the monsoon session of Parliament, Home Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakravarty said.

The GJM demands a State to be carved out of Darjeeling district and contiguous areas.