Pawan Kumar Chamling
Next assembly polls last opportunity to save Sikkim: Former CM Chamling
The upcoming assembly polls will be the last opportunity to save Sikkim from the misrule of the SKM, former chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling said, as he exhorted SDF workers to stand united and reach out to people in every constituency. "We must ensure that the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) wins so that our state is saved," Chamling said at a function here. Assembly elections in Sikkim are due late in 2023 or early next year. "The next assembly polls will perhaps be the last opportunity to save Sikkim from the misrule of the Prem Singh Tamang government... It will require a massive team effort to take on the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM). There is little time available to prepare, and the party workers must go among the people in the constituencies, and talk to them about the issues confronting the state, Chamling said. Meanwhile, Hamro Sikkim Party president and Indian football legend Bhaichung Bhutia did not join the SDF on Tuesday as announced earlier. SDF leaders s
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Sikkimese feel betrayed as Article 371F violated: SDF chief Chamling
SDF supremo Pawan Kumar Chamling claimed that the Sikkimese people feel betrayed as Article 371F, which guarantees special provisions for Sikkim, was violated. The former chief minister, in a telephonic interview with PTI, also alleged Sikkim had become a hotbed for political violence and sought President's rule to ensure a free and fair election in 2024. According to Article 371F, only the descendants of Sikkim subjects (those who lived in the state before its merger with India) whose names were mentioned in the 1961 register are Sikkimese with rights to own land, get state government jobs. They were also exempted from paying income tax. But now, the Financial Bill, 2023 redefines Sikkimese as any Indian citizen domiciled in Sikkim, extending to them the same benefits as that of the original inhabitants whose forefathers' names were in the 1961 register, Chamling said. This violates Article 371F, which was the basis for the merger of Sikkim with India in 1975. People of Sikkim fee
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Will Chamling's charm work in 2019?
Bhaichung Bhutia's Hamro Sikkim has opened up a third front against the CM in Sikkim even as the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha keeps snipping at its vote base
