Siliguri, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to attend a series of programmes in West Bengal’s Siliguri on Friday, with border security and awareness about the country’s new criminal laws on the agenda, officials said.
Shah is also scheduled to address a public meeting after visiting the exhibition. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will accompany him. The home minister is also scheduled to attend security-related meetings during his three-day visit.
The exhibition, titled ‘Five Pillars: Transformed Justice System’, will be held till August 26 to familiarise people with the new criminal justice framework, officials said.
He is also scheduled to meet public representatives from the Darjeeling hills on Saturday to discuss a “permanent political solution” to the longstanding issues of the Gorkha and other communities, officials said.
The hills have for decades witnessed demands for a separate state of Gorkhaland. The erstwhile Left Front government had sought to address the issue by setting up the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council , while the subsequent TMC administration established the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration .
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung and its general secretary Roshan Giri are expected to attend the meeting. State MoS for Finance and Transport Anandamoy Barman is also likely to be present at the meeting.
