"Indefinite shutdown in the hills will continue: Gurung

July 04, 2017 21:34

Terming the ongoing stir in the Darjeeling hills as a "do or die" battle of Gorkhas for a separate 'Gorkhaland,' Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supremo Bimal Gurung today vowed to continue with the indefinite shutdown.

"The indefinite shutdown in the hills will continue. This is our final battle, we'll either achieve Gorkhaland or die fighting for it," Gurung said in a press conference here.

Gurung's comment came ahead of an all-party meeting on July 6 where the newly-formed Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee is slated to take a call on the ongoing agitation in the hills. The GMCC has 30 members, representing all hill parties.

"The coordination committee will meet and decide the next course of action, but as far as GJM is concerned we'll not call off the strike. It was GJM which had called the indefinite strike on June 15," Gurung said.

The GJM supremo accused the West Bengal government of gross violation of human rights.

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