Kolkata, Nov. 17 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, lodging a strong protest against the Centre's recent decision to operationalise the office of an interlocutor for Gorkha-related issues in the Darjeeling hills, calling the move "unilateral, unconstitutional and politically motivated."In her letter dated November 17, Banerjee reminded the Prime Minister of her earlier communication on October 18, in which she had urged him to reconsider and revoke the appointment of a retired IPS officer as the interlocutor.
The PMO had acknowledged the letter and advised the union Home Minister to examine the matter.
However, she expressed "grave concern" that despite this, the Ministry of Home Aff...