however government offices and the dghc will stay closed maldadarjeeling union finance minister pranab mukherjee made it clear on sunday that no state could be divided on the basis of area or population the gjms indefinite strike entered its seventh day on sunday it is learnt that school authorities and tea garden management felt without vehicular services giving them exemption from the strike would serve no purpose shops market banks and petrol pumps will open and vehicular movement allowed no untoward incidents were reported from anywhere we will decide our course of action when we receive some kind of formal communications said lama weve asked our supporters to take rest for a day national highway 31a have also been given relaxation for five days starting from july 18 his views on gorkhaland were aired on a visit to raiganj in north dinajpur supporters have been asked to take rest during mondays relaxation and return to duty when the strike resumes however gjm said they have not yet received any such communication from the governmentwe have heard about the talks date being brought forward to august 11 earlier the centre had sent a letter to gjm inviting it for talks on august 24 friday gjm had announced that educational institutions and tea gardens would be opened from july 20 the gorkhaland personnel though will remain on duty the centre can discuss only the issue of the sixth schedule but not the demand for a separate state the union home ministry on saturday advanced the proposed august 24 tripartite talks with the gjm to august 11 the gjm leadership had however made it clear that vehicles bearing wb number plates would not be allowed to ply on the highway speaking on the strike in the hills he said it is not proper to use force to meet such a demand for a new state we have decided on the 10hour relaxation so that hostel students do not face trouble returning but we have not yet received a formal letter from the government to that effect in on but the bandh will resume from tuesday said amar lama gjm central committee leader the fourmember gjm delegation led by party secretary roshan giri that had gone to delhi returned to darjeeling on sunday evening gjm had announced that schools and tea gardens would open from monday but they did not exempt vehicular movement and markets from the strike they will be back on the streets on tuesday but gjm in its reply made it clear that the talks should be held in july and focus only on gorkhaland darjeeling gorkha janmukti morcha gjm decided to relax its indefinite strike for 10 hours on monday