Now that the Maoists have closed down boarding schools and disrupted classes with constant calls of bandas, they are targeting public schools that were handed over to village communities by the government. The rebels have warned they will call an indefinite strike if the government fails to take back the management of the schools. Leaders of the Maoist student wings in Mechikosi and Ilam, Jitesh Yonjon and Damber Lungeli, have warned that if their warning is not taken seriously, they won't be responsible for "any military, social, political or economic consequences". They had given a similar warning while ordering the shutdown of private schools. The rebels have also ordered all community schools to return the Rs 100,000 management grant from the government. Sources say the rebels want the grant for themselves. The Maoists' logic is that the government and not local communities should be responsible for mass education.