BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday said the "solution" to the Darjeeling issue would be found through discussion.
Asked about the formation of Gorkhaland by carving out Darjeeling Hills
from West Bengal, Modi told ABP News in an interview: "We cannot look
away from the regional aspirations of the people. It is not right to
suppress their regional aspirations."
"I am sympathetic to the needs of the people and I understand it. I
think discussion is the only way to find a solution," he added.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has opposed the division of
the state, but the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has been demanding a separate
Gorkhaland state. (IANS)
Sure Mamata Banerjee Will Not Join NDA: Modi
The BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today said he was
sure the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee would not join the
NDA but said "more than anger against her", he was disappointed that she
had "failed" to bring West Bengal out of the "mess" created by the
34-year-long Left Front rule.
"We are sure that Mamataji won't join us (NDA), we have no confusion about it nor have we any apprehension about it," Modi said at an interview with news channel ABP Ananda.
He said this when asked whether his attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was a fallout of the BJP's failure to bring her party, the Trinamool Congress, to the NDA-fold.
The Gujarat chief minister, however, said he hoped that Banerjee would be able to bring West Bengal out of the "mess created by the Left" as she had got sufficient time.
"Mamataji has got sufficient time to bring Bengal out of the mess created by the Left. But there are no such symptoms. So more than anger, I am disappointed with Mamataji," he said.
At a rally earlier this month in Siliguri, Modi had launched a scathing attack on Banerjee for allegedly indulging in vote-bank politics, drawing a sharp retort from the Trinamool Congress, which alleged he had "blood on his hands".
Asked about the BJP's stand on the issue of a separate Gorkhaland state in the Darjeeling hills, Modi said "in this big country, if you try to dominate the regional aspirations by hitting on the wounds, then those wounds will increase. Sympathetically, you have to understand each and everyone's emotions, try to make them understand what way out can be reached through dialogues".
On whether there should be a CBI inquiry into the Saradha chit fund scam, Modi said "Look, in this chit fund scam, a lot of poor people have lost their money. There were a few people who even went to the verge of committing suicide."
"In such a situation, a step needs to be taken on which people have trust. Now what will be that form, that's a different issue. But steps need to be taken on which people can have confidence". (http://news.outlookindia.com)
"We are sure that Mamataji won't join us (NDA), we have no confusion about it nor have we any apprehension about it," Modi said at an interview with news channel ABP Ananda.
He said this when asked whether his attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was a fallout of the BJP's failure to bring her party, the Trinamool Congress, to the NDA-fold.
The Gujarat chief minister, however, said he hoped that Banerjee would be able to bring West Bengal out of the "mess created by the Left" as she had got sufficient time.
"Mamataji has got sufficient time to bring Bengal out of the mess created by the Left. But there are no such symptoms. So more than anger, I am disappointed with Mamataji," he said.
At a rally earlier this month in Siliguri, Modi had launched a scathing attack on Banerjee for allegedly indulging in vote-bank politics, drawing a sharp retort from the Trinamool Congress, which alleged he had "blood on his hands".
Asked about the BJP's stand on the issue of a separate Gorkhaland state in the Darjeeling hills, Modi said "in this big country, if you try to dominate the regional aspirations by hitting on the wounds, then those wounds will increase. Sympathetically, you have to understand each and everyone's emotions, try to make them understand what way out can be reached through dialogues".
On whether there should be a CBI inquiry into the Saradha chit fund scam, Modi said "Look, in this chit fund scam, a lot of poor people have lost their money. There were a few people who even went to the verge of committing suicide."
"In such a situation, a step needs to be taken on which people have trust. Now what will be that form, that's a different issue. But steps need to be taken on which people can have confidence". (http://news.outlookindia.com)