GNLF to contest 3 assembly seats in Darjeeling hills

March 22, 2011 12:23 pm | Updated 12:23 pm IST - Jalpaiguri

A file picture of GNLF supremo Subhas Ghising greets West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee during a meeting in Kolkata. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish.

A file picture of GNLF supremo Subhas Ghising greets West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee during a meeting in Kolkata. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish.

Subhas Ghising-led Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) today declared the names of the candidates for three assembly seats in Darjeeling hills.

“The party will contest in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong seats,” Mr. Ghising said in a press conference here.

Bhim Subba, Prakash Dahal and Pemu Chettri will contest as GNLF candidates in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong respectively in the coming assembly polls in West Bengal, he said.

GNLF had won the three seats in Darjeeling hills in the last assembly polls.

Mr. Ghising has been living in a rented house in Jalpaiguri after he was driven out of Darjeeling hills by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha supporters, sources said.

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