Gorkha Body Suspends 104-Day Darjeeling Strike After Rajnath Singh Appeal | Read
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha suspended for an "indefinite period" the 104-day long shutdown from 6 am today after over three months of agitations that cost 11 lives in the hills of Darjeeling. In an audio clip from an undisclosed location reported by news agencies, Morcha chief Bimal Gurung urged hill residents to resume transport services, reopen shops and schools and colleges. The announcement from the GJM came late on Tuesday night, hours after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh "appealed to the GJM and its leader Bimal Gurung to withdraw the ongoing bandh and to help create a conductive atmosphere for allowing normalcy to return to the area".
