SIKKIM: OUR POLITICS IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE THE RULE OF SIKKIMESE: CM

Chief Minister Pawan Chamling on Wednesday urged people of Sikkim to remember Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) if they aspire for peace, security and development process to continue in the State. Those wanting to ruin Sikkim are ready if you are careless and don’t want peace or development in the State, he told the people of Shyari constituency at Nandok.

“Janta must take a decision on what kind of Sarkar they want. The SDF party is there if you want peace, security, development and respect. If you don’t want or become careless then those who want to ruin Sikkim are also ready. Our politics is that there should always be rule of Sikkimese in Sikkim,” said the Chief Minister.

Chamling pointed out Sikkim has seen tremendous progress, tourism growth and inclusive development due to the good governance of the SDF government. “It is not a good sign for the peace and development of Sikkim to see people falling under a delusion or attending the meetings of those who want to destroy Sikkim in name of caste and religion. Sikkim will be finished the day peace is vitiated here and then people have to pay goonda tax,” he said.

In his 3 hours and 40 minutes speech, the Chief Minister also countered the allegations of corruption and communalism hurled against his government by the opposition parties. I have not committed the crime of financial corruption during the 24 years of SDF government or misused even a single paisa of the Sikkimese people…there has been no misuse of government funds in any government scheme, he said.

“Other States also get the same or more funds from the Centre and lending agencies like Sikkim gets. Go and compare what kind of development is taking place there. Our State has done the most work among all other States and it is the most quickly developed State of the country. Sikkim is the only State in the country where basic minimum needs of the people have been fulfilled. Development and corruption does not go hand in hand. Corruption does not take place if there is development. There has been development in Sikkim and this proves that there is no corruption in Sikkim. Sikkim is a corruption-free State.”

Chamling also commented on the persistent demand from the opposition political parties to allow CBI to enter Sikkim for conducting investigations in the corruption allegations against him and his government.

“They (opposition) clamour for CBI probe against me but will the CBI be only for me? It will be misused,” said Chamling adding that he has nothing to fear about CBI. People today have not understood on how this CBI talk can be misused, he said.

The Chief Minister said RTI Act is being misused by certain anti-social elements in the State. RTI has become a profession for the bad mash people to do extortion in the State, he said.

Chamling reiterated that opposition political parties are coming together to take on the SDF party in the coming 2019 Assembly elections. He asserted that the ruling front would not face any stiff challenge to form the government for the 6th consecutive term.

“I have been touring the State and meeting people. No person from any constituency told me that they will remove us from government. They want me again for the sixth term because of my experience in running the government. People have told me that they are with me and that they will never get an experienced Chief Minister like me. People in the villages are firmly with us,” said Chamling.

The Chief Minister maintained that he does not believe in politics of revenge. In 24 years of our government, we have never oppressed people belonging to other political parties or stopped promotion of employees, he said.

Earlier, SDF Shyari constituency in-charge K.T. Gyaltsen made the welcome address where he placed the demands of the local public for new roads, school up gradation and other requirements.