All-party meet convened by West Bengal govt to be held today

An all-party meeting, convened by the West Bengal government will be held in Siliguri today to discuss the Darjeeling crisis. This is the second all-party meet convened by the state government after the August 29 talks.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading the agitation in the hills said in Darjeeling yesterday that a seven-member delegation of the party, including three MLAs, would take part in the



meeting. 

GJM had earlier said it would not attend the meeting if the issue of a separate state of Gorkhaland was not discussed.GJM general secretary Roshan Giri said although the party had decided to participate in the meeting, it had also urged the Centre to hold a tripartite talk to solve the crisis.

The Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) and other hill parties will also participate in today's meeting.