Darjeeling bandhs off - Gurung wants Gorkhaland mark on tea packets

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJMM) today lifted its hill bandh but not before party chief Bimal Gurung said every packet of Darjeeling Tea would have to carry a Gorkhaland label.

The Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP), which had called a Dooars strike yesterday, also lifted the bandh but after several clashes with Morcha activists.

At Nagrakata, an area in the Dooars in Jalpaiguri district, thousands of tribal activists of the Adivasi outfit set fire to five houses, all of alleged Morcha supporters, and a shop at Chadar Line in Jalpaiguri town. The Morcha supporters managed to flee. MORE...