Going back on its call for an indefinite shut down in Darjeeling in view of the Eid festival, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha yesterday announced a four-day bandh from Saturday to demand a separate Gorkhaland.
“In view of Eid, we are making some relaxation and calling a 96-hour bandh in the hills from Saturday to demand a separate Gorkhaland state,” GJM general secretary and spokesman Roshan Giri told reporters here.
He said that a GJM delegation would visit Delhi Friday to press for separate Gorkhaland.
The agitation in the hills has been sparked after Congress and its allies unanimously decided to create Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.
On the next course of action, Giri said it would be announced by party president Bimal Gurung, who would address a rally on August 11.
To another query, he said that GTA members and GJM MLAs would resign when instructed by the party chief. Gurung has resigned as CEO of the Gorkha Territorial Administration, the hill council that runs the administration in the hills.
Meanwhile, Darjeeling Superintendent of Police Kunal Agarwal said steps were being taken so that those willing to work, could do so in Darjeeling.