Mamata to sort out Jangalmahal and Darjeeling problems

While Jangalmahal area in three districts of West Bengal are affected by the Maoist problem,the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha is demanding separate statehood for the Darjeeling Hills.

“I will go to Jangalmahal and Darjeeling Hills as promised and talk to the people there,” she said.

She said that would talk to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram regarding the Jangalmahal issue.

The Trinamool Congress has long been demanding withdrawal of central forces from Jangalmahal area claiming that their operations were only helping the CPI(M) and not the poor people of the area.