Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, insists that violence cannot be the solution to any problem and that only talks can solve it, as the hills in her state burn.
Security personnel in large numbers were deployed in the hill district of West Bengal after widespread clashes between Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists and the police were witnessed yesterday. People belonging to North Bengali Hills are protesting not only in Bengaluru, but all over the country.
"A total of 36 police personnel were injured in the clashes on June 17, and many of them by the stones thrown by GJM agitators", said Siddhinath Gupta, additional director general of police.
The Gorkhaland protests have pushed Darjeeling to the brink of collapse, with widespread violence erupting in the picturesque hill station for the first time in nearly three decades. "This is an area our enemies would love to disturb", a top home ministry official who did not want to be named told the BBC. They said they were disappointed with Centre's role and questioned Darjeeling's BJP MP SS Ahluwalia's absence.
"As the member of the National Federation for New States (NFNS) we hereby express our solidarity and support towards the Gorkha people's movement for Gorkhaland", it added. As of now, 10 companies are stationed in the hills, where internet services remained suspended for the third day on Tuesday, reported ANI. The party is also trying to make electoral inroads into Bengal and doesn't see eye to eye with the Mamata government.
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"It was shameful that Banerjee and her administration has treated them like insurgents and terrorists, choosing to use live bullets instead of using other way and means to control the crowd", he said.
West Bengal CM called for peace in Darjeeling where the shutdown enters the eighth day today as she left for The Hague to attend United Nations meet.
The next step of action for the revived movement of Gorkhaland will be discussed in the meeting.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday appealed to the residents of Darjeling to remain calm and urged them not to resort to violence.
GJM spokesperson T Arjun told reporters in Darjeeling after the all-party meeting, "The indefinite shutdown will continue as the onus is on the West Bengal government to restore normalcy in the hills".
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