Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated her stand on undivided
Bengal and said the hills would remain an integral part of the state.
"Hills will always remain with us. And plains are with us too. We will
develop the hills and plains together," a buoyant Mamata said at
Matigara in Siliguri in North Bengal.
The Chief Minister went on to say that there was more scope to develop Darjeeling than Switzerland.
"Switzerland is beautiful but Darjeeling has different kinds of
beautiful places. Kalimpong's beauty is different from Kuseong and
Lamahata's beauty is different from Lolegaon. I have told my officers to
work for betterment," she said at a government function.
Mamata also claimed there were certain political parties who wanted to "divide and rule" the state.
"There are some people who want to split Darjeeling, split Terai
and Dooars, split Jalpaiguri. They have nothing else to do. They demand a
separate state for Kamtapur and a separate Cooch Behar . They do
nothing but extort money from the people," she said while addressing a
gathering at Matigara in the district.
She also blamed the Left Front government for neglecting the
hills, adding there has been no development in the 34 years that they
were in power .
She said a master plan for development of tourism in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch behar districts was
being prepared. A mini secretariat would be inaugurated in north
Bengal to decentralise the administration and expedite development
programmes, she added.
Indianexpress
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