The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) called off the hunger strike, which had entered the 23rd day on Monday.
Party chief Bimal Gurung made the announcement in a press release “following an appeal from the Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee (GMCC) meeting held in New Delhi earlier today”.
Representatives from GMCC, an alliance of 13 different political and non-political groups, who have been spearheading the movement had met home minister Rajnath Singh at his residence on Sunday, whereby the home minister had requested the GMCC to lift the indefinite hunger strike so that a conducive atmosphere for talks could be established.
Three members each from various subdivisions in the aspired Gorkhaland region had been on a hunger strike for the past 23 days demanding a separate Gorkhaland state, and their health was deteriorating every day.
The GJM, however, stated that the ongoing indefinite strike which entered its 59th day on Monday will continue and so will the ongoing agitation for Gorkhaland.
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