2nd political level tripartite talks on Gorkha Interim Authority held

NEW DELHI - The West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) will submit their point wise observation/ reaction to the Union Government’s proposal regarding the Interim Authority within two weeks, a decision to this effect was taken during the second round of political level talks held here on Saturday.

The tripartite talks regarding Gorkha Interim Authority between the Union Government, the Government of West Bengal and Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJM) were held in the national capital.

During the talks, it was further decided that a week after that, August 17th was fixed as the date for next official level talks where the proposal will be discussed in detail.

It was also decided in the meeting that subsequently, after the Monsoon Session of Parliament the third Political level talks will take place after thrashing out the differences in the proposal at the official level.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken presided over the meeting.

The Union Government was represented by Dinesh Trivedi, MoS (H and FW), Union Home Secretary GK Pillai, the Government of West Bengal by Dr. Suryakant Mishra, Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Home Secretary Samar Ghosh and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) by a delegation headed by its General Secretary Roshan Giri. (ANI)