Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly objected to the Centre's move to appoint an interlocutor to hold discussions on the issues relating to Gorkhas in Darjeeling Hills, Tarai and Dooars regions of the state and said that the move was taken without any consultation with the state government.

She further described that as a "unilateral" decision, saying that such action is inconsistent with the spirit of cooperative federalism that forms one of the foundational principles of our Constitution.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Banerjee wrote, "I am surprised and shocked to know that the Government of India has appointed Shri Pankaj Kumar Singh, IPS (Retd.) as an interlocutor to hold discussio

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