Darjeeling: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will lay the
foundation of a state university in Darjeeling next month, Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration chief Binay Tamang said on Friday.
Tamang
made the announcement at a GTA event to mark the 204th birth anniversary of Nepali poet Bhanubhakta Acharya here and said the varsity
would be located at Mungpoo, 30km from Darjeeling town. The choice of
Mungpoo has special significance: it is the place where Rabindranath Tagore stayed in the hills. It is now home to cinchona plantations.
"Chief
minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to me (on Thursday). She told us she
would lay the foundation of the state university in Mungpoo when she
visits the hills next month," Tamang said on Friday.
The demand
for a separate university has been an old one. The Tamang-led Gorkha
Janmukti Morcha has long sought one. "The central university never came
through but we are confident the state university will be functional
from 2020," Tamang said.
The Telegraph
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