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Ghising gives poll-boycott call again

The changing political scenario in the Darjeeling Hills is poised for another twist on Sunday when the ousted hill supreme and Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) chief Subhas Ghising called for a poll boycott in the three subdivisions of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong.
Addressing party workers at Jalpaimore in the plains of Siliguri, Ghising blamed the Centre for not according scheduled tribes status to hill tribals like Rais, Gurungs, Magars and Newars.
"Until and unless this is done, there is no point in taking part in the parliamentary elections and there is no question of supporting any candidate in the Darjeeling seat," reports quoting the GNLF chief said here.
Facing a virtual ban on a re-entry in his ‘own kingdom' from the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, Ghising was desperate to woo his supporters back into the fold and the poll boycott call was part of it.
In the past LS polls when Ghising was at his helm of the power in the Hills and had given a call for boycotting the polls, it only paved the way for CPM nominees' victory.
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