West Bengal government today wrote to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh protesting against the manner Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling supported the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha's demand for a separate Gorkhaland.
The letter was written by West Bengal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee in absence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is presently in The Hague for a United Nation programme, state secretariat sources told PTI.
Seeking immediate intervention of the Union Home Ministry in the matter, the West Bengal government has complained as to why one state was interfering in the affairs of another state.
In the letter to the Centre, the state government stressed that the issue of the hills "is entirely the state's matter".
"A state must behave in a more responsible manner and everybody is within the purview of the Constitution, and we should be aware of our responsibilities," Chatterjee wrote.
In the letter, the state government described the current situation in the hills as a display of "political hooliganism" and gave a detailed account of the violence in the hills since June 8.
The loss of property, condition of tourists and harassment of the common people have also been laid down by Chatterjee to Singh in the letter.
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling had yesterday extended his support for a separate Gorkhaland state and wrote to Rajnath Singh saying the statehood will fulfil the constitutional demand of the people of the Darjeeling hills and also bring permanent peace in the region.
He had also said that creation of a Gorkhaland state will restore permanent peace and prosperity in the region and Sikkim will be hugely benefited by it.
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