On August 3, he will join the talks between the state government and political outfits of Darjeeling — except the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) — in Kolkata.

Before that, on Monday, he would be holding talks with Ajay Maken, Union minister of State for Home, and Union Home Secretary GK Pillai. The move was initiated by the state government, which had requested the Centre to being him into the ambit of talks.

“We have invited all political outfits of Darjeeling except GJM and the GNLF is one of them. We believe that without the GNLF, no solution can be found,” said Ashok Bhattacharya, who, alongwith the Minister for Health and Family Welfare Surya Kanta Mishra will lead the state government in August 3 talks.

Ghisingh has already left for Delhi, after which he would be visiting Kolkata.

According to political circles, bringing the GNLF chairman — who still has a following in Darjeeling — into the picture is a clever move on the part of the state government. The aim is to marginalise the Morcha, which is already on the backfoot following the murder of All India Gorkha League president Madan Tamang and the police investigations allegedly finding the complicity of its leaders in it.

The state government was unhappy about sitting with GJM across the table — which it had to do in the last tripartite talks in Delhi on July 24.

At the August 3 meeting, the state is likely to discuss its proposal on the proposed Interim Hill Council submitted to the Centre on July 24.