Subash Ghising invited to talks on Gorkhaland issue

Gorkha National Liberation Front chairman Subash Ghisingh has received an invitation from the union home ministry to join the tripartite talks on the Gorkhaland issue in the national capital.

The letter was sent by home secretary GK Pillai, GNLF sources said.

Ghising, who left for New Delhi today, was accompanied by party leader CK Kumai and Prakash Dahal.

The GNLF supremo will also join the meeting of six parties from Darjeeling other than Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) called by the West Bengal government in Kolkata on Wednesday, they said.

Meanwhile, GJM press and publicity secretary Harka Bahadur Chhetri reacting to the invitation said, "It is a conspiracy of the state government and GJM will prove that it is the sole representative of the people of the hills at the next tripartite meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on August 17".

"We have not and we will not budge an inch from our demand of a separate state," he added.