The West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has out rightly rejected the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM). 

”I do not want divisions within West Bengal and will try my best not allow anyone to divide the state,” he said.

Addressing the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) peasants wing, All India Kishan Sabha’s (AIKS) district conference in Darjeeling, the epicentre of the Gorkhaland state issue, Bhattacharjee termed poverty the root of terrorism and called for an united fight against it.

“Poverty is the root of terrorism. I am not saying this for the masterminds of terrorism but the young boys who fall into their trap for pecuniary pressure and become their cadre. Hence we have to stress on overall economic development of the state and the country,” he said. 

“Even after understanding the root of terrorism, I must say that what the terrorists have done in Mumbai is shameful and condemnable. They are inhuman," the CM added.