West Bengal and Darjeeling are inseparable: Mamata

October 24, 2013 16:34

In a strong message to the GJM, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that West Bengal and Darjeeling were inseparable.

"Darjeeling is the heart of Bengal. I am not against anyone. I am with the people of the hills. It is the motherland. Bengal cannot stay without you, nor can you stay without us," Banerjee told the first rally in the hills of the ruling Trinamool Congress at the Mall in Darjeeling.

Without naming the GJM which has recently backtracked from its politics of shutdowns and violence to demand Gorkhaland, Banerjee said her government would not allow disruption of normal life in the name of bandhs which, hindered peace and development.

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