Darjeeling: The fourth round of tripartite talks on Gorkhaland issue on Monday failed to evolve any concrete result with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), spearheading the demand for a separate state, insisting on a political dialogue on the issue.
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai, who led a five-member Central team at the talks in Darjeeling, said the GJM has asked for political level discussion at the next round of talks within 45 days.
"There is no question of agreement. There is no political consensus as of today for formation of Gorkhaland," he told a press conference at the end of the nearly three-hour meeting on GJM's demand for carving out Gorkhaland from West Bengal.
"The state government and the Centre will give their views and we will come before them (GJM) within that period," Pillai said.
To a question if the Centre submitted any proposal at the talks, he replied in the negative but added it would be done in consultation with the state government and the GJM.
Asked if the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC), set up in 1988, will continue to function, he said, "It will do so if it is not repealed. In the last tripartite meeting in Delhi on August 11, it was agreed to abolish DGHC and work for an alternative framework in Darjeeling."
While the West Bengal Government has ruled out division of the state, the Centre on Sunday had warned that if the GJM leadership stuck to its demand the situation might turn critical.
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