Publish Darjeeling agreement, demands Left Front

Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front Thursday demanded that the agreement between the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the state government be made public, as the Gorkha party's version indicated a division of the state in the near future.
"How can I comment on the agreement? I know nothing about the contents of the agreement but what I felt from the versions of the GJM leaders that there is an indication of division of Bengal. We demand that agreement should be made public," Left Front chairman Biman Bose said at a media conference here.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday claimed that the issue of a separate Gorkhaland has been resolved and an agreement signed. The GJM, which is spearheading the agitation in the northern hills, however said it has not gone back on its demand and called the pact the "foundation of a separate state".
The demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland covering parts of northern Bengal gained momentum during the 1980s under the leadership of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) supremo Subash Ghising.
But the reins of the movement were later taken over by the Bimal Gurung-led GJM which forced Ghising out of the hills.
"There was no solution to this problem in 21years and now it has been solved in 21 days. The GJM leaders afters returning to hills have said that this agreement is the foundation structure. Then how can I welcome it?" said Bose, asked to react on the Darjeeling agreement between the new government and the GJM.
Bose also announced that a workshop will be conducted for the 61 Left Front legislators in order to educate them about how to play the role of the opposition.
"We will conduct a workshop of 61 Left Front MLAs in order to educate them how to play the role of the opposition as most of the MLAs are new and many of them are inexperienced in playing the role of the opposition," he said.