Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the main political organisation of Darjeeling hills spearheading the demand of Gorkhaland, has welcomed the report and announced that to protest the stepmotherly treatment of the concerned govt towards the Gorkhas it has declared a series of strikes to intensify its movement.
The 96 hours long bundh in the proposed Gorkhaland area with effect from the 12th of January will be followed by similar kind of bundh from 18 to 25 January and 29 January to 12 February, 2011. Party has further announced to organise fast-unto-death immediately from 16th February to be participated by Bimal Gurung and Roshan Giri and other 1st line leaders like Presidents and Secretaries of Sub Divisional Committees if its demand to create a separate state of Gorkhaland is not considered by the govt.Observers feel that the decision of the GJM has put a question mark on the proposed interim set-up which the party has been bargaining till date with the govt. They also view that the Srikrishna Committee report would definitely add more fuel to the fire in other parts of the country where similar kind of demands are being raised by the different outfits.
Back home, the hill people have started to change their scheduled programmes in view of the proposed bundhs.
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source: kalompong.blogspot.com
