Gorkhaland: GJM on indefinite strike in Darjeeling, want tourists to leave

They are against Mamata Banerjee's decision to introduce Bengali language in schools even in hills

The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) will go on an indefinite strike from Monday demanding a separate state of 'Gorkhaland'.

The GJM, which rules the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), had called a 12-hour bandh against the Mamata Banerjee government's decision to introduce Bengali language in schools even in the hills, a day after Darjeeling, the verdant north Bengal town known the world over for its tea industry, witnessed large-scale violence.

"We will go on strike from Monday. Bengal government takes so much revenue from us but it only encroach our territory. We want our Gorkhaland and will not negotiate on this matter. We will not