Bengal

XKolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, once again wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to revoke the Centre’s appointment of a retired IPS officer as an interlocutor over issues related to the Gorkhas in the Darjeeling hills.

In her two-page letter, Banerjee termed the decision “unilateral and arbitrary,” saying it had been taken “without any consultation or concurrence of the Government of West Bengal.”

She described the move as “wholly unconstitutional, without jurisdiction and devoid of legal sanctity,” asserting that it has “no foundation either in the Constitution of India or in any valid statutory provision”.

Banerjee noted that she had earlier written to the Prime Minister on October 18 seeking reconsideration of the decision.

Though the Prime

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