Leaders of the GJM and other parties in Darjeeling hills on Tuesday said they will start a 'fast-unto-death' from 15 July to press their demand for a separate state even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked them not to play with fire and help in return of peace there.
The newly formed Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee (GMCC) also decided to give all chairmen and vice chairmen of the development boards set up by the West Bengal government, the deadline of 14 July to step down from their posts.
The 30-member committee, headed by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, said it wanted a CBI inquiry into all the incidents of violence and the "killing" of seven GJM supporters in alleged police firing.
At a public meeting in Digha in East Midnapore district, Banerjee said:
Those who are playing with fire in the hills, should desist from it. We will not allow the hills to be on fire. We will bring peace.