MamataNew Delhi: Union home minister Rajnath Singh is expected to hold talks with Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on the Darjeeling issue on December 7 in Calcutta. The home minister will request Mamata to agree to tripartite talks involving the state, the Centre and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, sources in the Union ministry said. He wants to reach out to her personally and discuss all the issues concerning the hills," said a ministry official. Sources said Rajnath had earlier planned to speak to Mamata but the war of words between the Centre and the state government over the withdrawal of central forces from Darjeeling came in the way. A hurdle before the tripartite talks in uncertainty which faction - Binay Tamang's or Bimal Gurung's - will represent the Morcha.

Source: The Telegraph December 04, 2017 22:07 UTC