TIL Desk/National/Darjeeling (WB)/ Amid the escalating tension in Darjeeling, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Thursday called for an indefinite shutdown in protest against the police raid at their office. The police, earlier in the day, raided GJM chief Bimal Gurung’s office and recovered arms, arrows and cash.
Gurung, a day before, had said that the police were working like the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadre and the fight wouldn’t stop even if all Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel of country were sent to Darjeeling.
“The police work like TMC cadre. Even if all CRPF personnel of country are sent here, our fight won’t stop,” Gurung said. Earlier, as many as six parties including the GJM and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) adopted a resolution for a separate Gorkhaland state.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) did not attend the meeting. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is monitoring the situation developing in Darejeeling. Inculpating the ruling TMC for the ongoing protest in Darjeeling by the GJM, the BJP accused the state government of alienating the community, which resultsed in them facing an identity crisis.
