Kolkata, July 11 (PTI) Intellectuals from diverse fields in West Bengal have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking restoration of normalcy in Darjeeling. "A section of population of the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal have raised once again demand for a separate Gorkhaland state on a flimsy ground. "Their demand for further division of Bengal is getting indiscreet support from some political quarters operating from outside," the letter said. "The West Bengal government, in this direction, has constituted a host of language and development boards," the intellectuals wrote in support of the activities of Mamata Banerjee-led regime in the state in connection with the hills. Claiming that demand for a separate Gorkhaland state has no historical locus standi, the letter said "the state cannot and should not accept such a stance."

Source: India Today July 11, 2017 11:03 UTC