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Darjeeling slips into chaos following killing of Gorkha leader | Darjeeling town has slipped into chaos following the
killing of Gorkha leader Madan Tamang last month. Shutdowns and a chaotic political
disorder have plagued life in the city during the peak tourist season, amidst
an ethnic Gorkha agitation gone hayware since the killing of Tamang. Tamang's
death has come as a setback to the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland, spearheaded
by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) whose activists are suspected to be involved
in Tamang's killing. "The tripartite meeting I read about in newspapers would
have no meaning till there is peace and democracy in Darjeeling, they are absolutely
meaningless," said Laxman Pradhan, General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha
League. Meanwhile, GJM chief Bimal Gurung said that they have deferred a shutdown
called in the region in support of their separate statehood demand. The GJM has
held several rounds of tripartite talks with representatives of central and West
Bengal governments over its demand for separate Gorkhaland state. |
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