Led by GJM president Bimal Gurung, the protesters shouted slogans against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and allegedly defaced posters with her images. The Trinamool Congress has lodged a complaint in this regard at Darjeeling’s Sadar police station.
Mr. Gurung threatened to quit the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), a regional autonomous council administered by the GJM, if the government tried to “impose Bengali on the Nepali-speaking population in the hills”.
Addressing a public rally at Darjeeling’s Mirik on Monday, Ms. Banerjee had said Bengali would be optional in the hill schools.
Three-language formula: As part of a three-language formula, the State government is planning to make Bengali a compulsory subject in all schools across the State .(The hindu)