A day after a 12-hour bandh called by the GJM for revival of Gorkhaland agitation, life limped back to normalcy here even the Army continued to patrol Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong towns.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee personally monitoring the situation by camping in the tourist town of Darjeeling.
"She is showing her power. She is the Chief Minister of Bengal. Then, I am also the elected member (of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration or GTA), the Chief Minister of the hills,” Bimal Gurung said.
Police fired tear gas shells and resorted to lathi charge to disperse the agitators who tried to march to the venue of the Mamata Banerjee-led government’s first Cabinet meeting in the hills here.
Six people were injured when a vehicle in President Pranab Mukherjee's convoy skidded off the road this morning and went down a cliff.
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