Morcha on fast with new wish list

Seventeen members of the Gorkha Janmukti-Adivasi Morcha today started a fast-unto-death in front of the Gorubathan police station even as Bimal Gurung’s outfit asked the people in the hills not to pay any electricity bills.

Those on fast — six of them are Adivasis — are members of different frontal organisations of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, also known as the Janmukti-Adivasi Morcha in the Dooars. The outfit has drawn up a list of six demands that the government has to fulfill before the hunger strike is withdrawn. MORE...