A seven member delegation headed by the new BJP Sikkim state president D.R. Thapa will be meeting the Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Delhi on Sunday over the present situation at Sikkim over the “foreigner” tag issue.
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The Sikkim Democratic Front calls a 48 hour “bandh” on the 4th and 5th of this month protesting against the “foreigner” tag made by the Supreme Court in its recent judgment. The announcement was made by the SDF president Pawan Chamling today at a “dharna” held by his party at Gangtok. Chamling, who is also […]
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The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) spokesperson Jacob Khaling today in a press conference maintained that the resignation of the Sikkim Health Minister M.K. Sharma could not create any kind of pressure to the central government further adding that it was not the solution for the “foreigner” tag made by the Supreme Court against the Sikkimese […]
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The Sikkim Health Minister M.K. Sharma resigns from his post over the recent “foreigner” issue alleging that the Sikkim government has not taken the sentiments of the people seriously and he felt that it was “not necessary to remain in the state cabinet further”. His resignation is being looked as a setback to the Sikkim […]
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The newly formed Citizen Action Party today staged a one-day dharna in Gangtok at Sikkim protesting the “foreigner” slur on the Sikkimese Nepali community recently in a Supreme Court Judgement. The political outfit is also deciding on holding a dharna at Jantar Mantar at Delhi which the party chief Co-Ordinator Ganesh Kumar Rai maintained will […]
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