Mamata Banerjee urges PM Modi to revoke appointment of Gorkha interlocutor, calls move 'unilateral'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing “surprise and shock” over the Centre’s unilateral appointment of a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Pankaj Kumar Singh, as interlocutor on issues concerning Gorkhas in Darjeeling Hills, Terai, and Dooars. She urged the Prime Minister to withdraw the decision, stating that the state government had not been consulted on the matter.

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