Siliguri (West Bengal), July 27 - The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), fighting for a separate Gorkhaland state, Monday withdrew its indefinite shutdown in the three hill sub-divisions of West Bengal's Darjeeling district ahead of tripartite talks with the government.

GJM chief Bimal Gurung announced the withdrawal of the shutdown at a public meeting in Chowrasta of Darjeeling town.

GJM press and publicity secretary Harka Bahadur Chhetri said the outfit would wait for the outcome of the third round of tripartite talks Aug 11 with the state and central governments on its demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland to be carved out of parts of northern West Bengal.

'We will review our stand on Aug 17 in the light of the developments during the Aug 11 tripartite talks,' he said.