PHOTOS: Darjeeling reels under bandh with all-party meet scheduled today

Security personnel sit guard as a woman looks out of a window in Darjeeling, West Bengal. As the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) indefinite strike completes a week, normal life continues to suffer amid protests, calls for the separate state of Gorkhaland still ringing and the deployment of paramilitary personnel in the hill town. While an all-party meet is scheduled on June 22, 2017 to address the unrest, chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s announced absence has opposition parties unsure about the impact of the gesture. (Ashok Bhaumik/PTI)

Updated on: Jun 22, 2017 10:56 PM IST

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Security personnel sit guard as a woman looks out of a window in Darjeeling, West Bengal. As the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) indefinite strike completes a week, normal life continues to suffer amid protests, calls for the separate state of Gorkhaland still ringing and the deployment of paramilitary personnel in the hill town. While an all-party meet is scheduled on June 22, 2017 to address the unrest, chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s announced absence has opposition parties unsure about the impact of the gesture. (Ashok Bhaumik/PTI)

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School students walk past security personnel guarding in a street during GJM indefinite strike in Darjeeling, West Bengal on June 21, 2017. (Ashok Bhaumik /PTI)

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Women seen siting inside of Gymkhana Club during all hill party meeting in Darjeeling to discuss the state government’s call for an all-party meeting on the crisis. (Ashok Bhaumik/PTI)

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Supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) group take part in a rally with the bodies of protesters that GJM leaders say had been killed during clashes with security forces on June 17, 2017. The upswing in violence began when police raided the homes and offices of members of GJM, a separatist movement calling for a new state of ‘Gorkhaland’ to be carved out of West Bengal. (Dipendu Dutta/AFP)

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Darjeeling: Nurses walk past security forces personnel guarding in a street during Gorkha Janamukti Morcha's indefinite strike in Darjeeling on Monday. PTI Photo by Ashok Bhaumik (PTI6_19_2017_000131A) (PTI)

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Darjeeling: Activists of GJM paste the party posters on the shutters of close shops during GJM indefinite strike near DM office in Darjeeling on Wednesday. PTI Photo by Ashok Bhaumik (PTI6_21_2017_000360B) (PTI)

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An international tourist sits on the road as Indian paramilitary troops stand guard in Darjeeling on June 18, 2017, following a day of clashes with supporters of the separatist Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) group. Hundreds of protesters on June 18 paraded with coffins containing the bodies of two men they claimed were killed in clashes with Indian security forces in Darjeeling, as the hill resort reels from separatist unrest. / AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA (AFP)

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Darjeeling: A man walks past with his new born babby as security personnel guarding in a street during GJM indefinite strike at Chawk Bazar in Darjeeling on Wednesday. PTI Photo by Ashok Bhaumik (PTI6_21_2017_000357B) (PTI)

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Indian Buddhist devotees hold candles as they take part in a vigil to pay respects to those killed in clashes with police during an indefinite strike in Darjeeling on June 19, 2017. Hundreds of protesters on June 18 paraded with coffins containing the bodies of two men they claimed were killed in clashes with Indian security forces in Darjeeling, as the hill resort reels from separatist unrest. / AFP PHOTO / DIPTENDU DUTTA (AFP)

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Kolkata: People of Darjeeling Hills and adjacent regions hold posters and participate in a silent rally in Kolkata on Tuesday to express solidarity with the people of Darjeeling. PTI Photo by Swapan Mahapatra (PTI6_20_2017_000154B) (PTI)

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Indian members of the Gorkha community hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration demanding a separate "Gorkhaland" state from the state of West Bengal in Bangalore on June 20, 2017. Hundreds of protesters on June 18 paraded with coffins containing the bodies of two men they claimed were killed in clashes with Indian security forces in Darjeeling in teh state of West Bengal, as the hill resort reels from separatist unrest. / AFP PHOTO / MANJUNATH KIRAN (AFP)