Date:16/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/16/stories/2008061655531200.htm

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GJM to resume bandh

Special Correspondent

KOLKATA: The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) leadership said on Sunday that the indefinite bandh demanding a separate State that was relaxed during the past few days would resume in the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal on Monday evening.

The announcement comes a day after External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed his opposition to the Statehood demand, just as Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee did earlier.

“There can be no compromise on our demand; we are still open to the idea of tripartite talks involving the Centre, but they should focus on our single-point demand for Gorkhaland,” GJM spokesperson Benoy Tamang told The Hindu over telephone from Darjeeling.