Hope in the hills

Eighteen days after taking charge in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had managed to deliver a bipartite agreement and claimed to have “solved” the “Gorkhaland problem”. Since Banerjee’s politics has often been characterised by rhetoric alone, her claim wasn’t taken seriously. Nevertheless, the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) that came into being on Saturday survived its journey from the drawing board to reality.

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