Darjeeling, Feb 22 : The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) called off its proposed Darjeeling bandh in view of the secondary examinations, beginning today.
The GJM, which had relaxed its indefinite strike in the three hill sub-divisions between February 19-22, announced its suspension of bandh for an indefinite period in order to allow the educational institutions conduct various examinations including the West Bengal Secondary Education and undergraduate level courses later.
GJM's spokesman professor Rohit Sharma said they have suspended all sorts of bandh with immediate effect in view of the exams.
About 10,714 students are expected to appear in the secondary examinations in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong of the total 24,313 candidates in the Darjeeling district.
The GJM, however, would carry on hunger strike in demand of a CBI inquiry to probe police firing at Sibchu in the Dooars where three people had been killed.
The GJM had been on strike from February 9 to protest police firing on its supporters on February 8 after two persons- a 24-yer-old woman and a 16-year-old boy were killed.
Another woman succumbed to her bullet wounds after a few days at a nursing home in Siliguri.
GJM's spokesman professor Rohit Sharma said they have suspended all sorts of bandh with immediate effect in view of the exams.
About 10,714 students are expected to appear in the secondary examinations in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong of the total 24,313 candidates in the Darjeeling district.
The GJM, however, would carry on hunger strike in demand of a CBI inquiry to probe police firing at Sibchu in the Dooars where three people had been killed.
The GJM had been on strike from February 9 to protest police firing on its supporters on February 8 after two persons- a 24-yer-old woman and a 16-year-old boy were killed.
Another woman succumbed to her bullet wounds after a few days at a nursing home in Siliguri.
--UNI
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