Darjeeling, March 21 :     With the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) sweeping the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections, all eyes are now on how GNLF chief Subhas Ghising will constitute a council whose ?death? he had earlier predicted. While campaigning for his party, the mercurial Gorkha leader repeatedly announced that the council may not survive long after April 9 when Nepal?s Supreme Court takes up a case challenging Darjeeling?s status in India, allegedly filed by some Nepalese citizens. He warned that after April 9, Darjeeling may go out of India, become a sovereign country or a full-fledged state of the Indian Union. Making the case one of his main election planks, he had described the council as ?the setting sun?. The Opposition eight-party United Front, having overcome the initial shock of electoral defeat, is now busy preparing for a review meeting of all its constituents. It is also keeping a watch on Ghising?s move to form the new council in view of his pre-poll comments about Darjeeling?s future. The pro-Gorkhaland United Front only won just two seats, although it came close to the GNLF in at least five constituencies. After his party?s triumph, Ghising avoided talking about the controversial Darjeeling and Gorkhaland issues yesterday. Instead, he said he was expecting a notification on constitution of the new council by March 24. According to convention, the West Bengal Governor administers the oath of office to the council chairman who in turn, swears in other councillors. Not only this, Ghising also said he expected the same kind of cooperation from the state government as he got during the council?s second tenure from 1993 to 1998. The GNLF chief said the council did not get much cooperation in its first term from 1988 to 1993. The change in Ghising?s attitude towards the council has come in handy for his detractors despite their electoral debacle. United Front spokesman D.S. Bomzan said: ?We are waiting to see what he does from April 9 onwards. But judging by his post-poll utterances, we know for sure that he will not do anything that goes against the council. He will try to preserve it as long as possible.? According to CPM district secretary S.P. Lepcha, Ghising raised controversial issues before the polls ?only for public consumption?. Taking the government?s line, he added: ?Our party is in favour of giving more powers and departments to the council, but the GNLF should try to run it in a democratic manner.?