Darjeeling shutdown enters 20th day, situation remains tense
India | July 04, 2017 14:16 ISTThe situation in Darjeeling remains tensed. Except pharmacies all the other shops, restaurants, hotels, schools and colleges remained closed.
The situation in Darjeeling remains tensed. Except pharmacies all the other shops, restaurants, hotels, schools and colleges remained closed.
The MHA has told the West Bengal government to send a detailed factual report on the law-and-order situation in Darjeeling.
Meanwhile, the BJP has ruled out supporting its ally Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's demand for a separate state comprising Darjeeling and parts of north Bengal.
The government also sent a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh protesting Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling's support to the GJM's Gorkhaland demand terming it as "unconstitutional".
The GJM decided to withdraw from the tripartite accord on the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA).
The unrest in Darjeeling in the peak tourist season has come as a boon for Sikkim with tourists thronging the neighbouring hill state.
Questioning the absence of local BJP MP SS Ahluwalia, GJM leader said it was very "unfortunate" that he chose to stay away from his own constituency during this hour of crisis.
GJM chief Bimal Gurung today warned of trouble if the police try to stop the Gorkhaland movement.
GJM is planning to revive its "peacekeeping" wing Gorkhaland Personnel (GLP) amid renewed Gorkhaland demands.
West Bengal government has written to the Centre seeking more forces to quell the current unrest in Darjeeling hills.
The GJM claimed that three of its activists were killed in the police firing, a charge the authorities rejected.
The ongoing GJM-led agitation in Darjeeling hills for a separate Gorkhaland is a "deep-rooted conspiracy," supported by insurgent groups of the north east and some foreign countries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed today
There were fresh clashes in Darjeeling today with GJM protesters pelting stones and throwing bottles at security personnel who retaliated by firing teargas shells.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo, leading the protests for a separate ‘Gorkhaland’, on Thursday asked the people in Darjeeling to be prepared for the “final battle” for achieving the separate state
Several hill parties on Tuesday came together and unanimously adopted a resolution in favour a separate Gorkhaland state.
GJM chief Bimal Gurung had yesterday challenged Banerjee to stop the agitation in the hill and said that it was his writ that "runs in the hill".
Every Monday there would be torchlight rallies in various wards and assembly constituencies of the hills from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the sake of 'Gorkhaland's revival.
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