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Two CRPF companies arrive in Darjeeling, two expected

The hunger strike supposed to begin Sunday has been postponed subject to the decision of the next meeting of the Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee (GMCC)

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The security forces stayed on high alert on Sunday in the Darjeeling hills which remained incident-free on the 32nd day of the GJM-sponsored indefinite shut down for a separate state of Gorkhaland. Meanwhile, as per the court orders, two companies of the CRPF reached the hills on Sunday while two more would be arriving on Monday in Darjeeling.

The Calcutta High Court on July 14 had asked the Centre to provide four additional companies of CRPF within 48 hours in Darjeeling to maintain law and order.

Eleven companies of CRPF have already been stationed in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts.

Meanwhile, artists in the hills took out a rally on Sunday. With guitars and other musical instruments, they sang songs in favour of Gorkhaland.

"Besides the rally by a cultural group, which is not affiliated to any political party and that of members of a minority group there were not any rally today," said Urmila Rumba, a GJM leader.

She said the hunger strike, which was supposed to begin on Sunday, had been postponed subject to the decision of the next meeting of the Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee (GMCC).

"On Monday, there will be a programme to gherao the District Magistrate's office. Protesters will march from Darjeeling Railway Station to the DM office at 10 am," she added.

Late Saturday night, a Forest Training Centre had been set ablaze at Garidhura at the foothills, allegedly by GJM supporters.

State BJP has decided to send provisions to the bandh-affected areas of the hills.

"There has been a bandh for over a month now and people in the hills are suffering. There is naturally a shortage of food supplies. We are in talks with leaders there, and if everything goes according to plan, very soon we will send food grains and other provisions for people there. TMC workers at Siliguri are preventing trucks carrying provisions to the hills," said BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, talking to DNA.

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