Darjeeling:
Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee announced a fresh five day agitation in Darjeeling from August 19 over demands for a separate state. The new outfit said it will change the nomenclature of the 'janata curfew' to 'ghar bitrai janta' (people inside homes).
"The people will stay at home. This is their wish. We honour their wish. They have total support for Gorkhaland," a spokesman of Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee, of which GJM was a constituent, said.
"All programs that will be announced from today will be by GJAC," Gorkka Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung said in a Facebook post.
The spokesperson said that a human chain programme in the hills would be held on August 26 when the people would wear black bands and carry posters in support of Gorkhaland and to "protest against the attitude of the West Bengal government."
Before that a 'rakhi procession' would be taken out on August 24 and 25, he told reporters.
He said that the protesters are ready to talk to West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan if they get an invitation for dialogue.