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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
Peace march for Pachen Lama crosses Singtam
More than 200 Tibetans silently walked past Singtam today morning around 8.30 am as their peace march heads for Salugara, Siliguri, West Bengal. The rally started from Namnang, Gangtok today early morning. The occasion marks the 30th birth anniversary of Pachen Lama (Gedhun Choekyi Nyima), an important Buddhist figure only next to Dalai Lama.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019
Sunday, April 07, 2019
CM promises to make youth equal partners in development
Mining, 7th April: Pawan Chamling reached Mining, Rangpo, in
East Sikkim today on the 9th day of the 10-day long Sikkim Vijay
Sankalp Rally. People from Tumin Lingee, Martam
Rumtek, Khamdong Singtam and West Pendam constituencies joined in the event. The event was widely streamed and about
3 lakh people tuned in on social media.
Chamling informed the crowd of SDF’s
development plans for the state. Some of these included sanctioning of all
pending land allotment cases within 100 days of formation of government,
regularisation of Muster Roll (MR) and Ad-hoc jobs, MR jobs to be given to the wife
of driver in case of accidental death of the husband, provision of a one-time
grant of Rs 5 lakh to those wanting to start new professional businesses,
internet and wi-fi connection to be provided to every Gram Panchayat level. He
also thanked all Self-help Groups (SHG) for doing tremendous work in the state
and added that Rs 1 lakh will be provided to all SHGs.
He further stated that SDF stands for “Youth-first” policy which aims to make the youth
active partners in development. In doing so, he said that the party will start
a youth forum and youth assembly through which the youth will have more say in
the decision-making process. He has promised to give jobs to those left out
families of OFOJ schemes within 100 days of forming the government. He also talked
about the new scheme that the SDF government is planning to implement in their
next term that is the “One person one profession” which aims at empowering each
family with a skill.
He urged
the people to vote once again in favour of SDF party in the upcoming elections
reminding people of the great responsibility of voting and warning people to be
wary of seasonal politicians, who will
disappear immediately after the elections and betray them. Gas cylinder will be
supplied to doorstep.
On the
previous 8 days of the Sikkim Vijay Sankalp Rally, Pawan Chamling addressed the
public in Soreng, Mangan, Gagtok, Namthang, Rorathang, Kabi, Ravangla and
Geyzing. Tomorrow he will be addressing the
public in Jorethang.
The election to the 32-member Sikkim
Assembly is being held on 11th April alongside the Lok Sabha election.
Saturday, April 06, 2019
CM says education will be made free up to post-graduation level
Ravangla,
5th April: Pawan Chamling reached Ravangla today on the 7th
day of the 10-day long Sikkim Vijay Sankalp Rally. People from Barfung,
Temi-Namphing, Rangang-Yangang, and Sangha constituencies joined in the event.
The event was widely streamed and about 3 lakh people tuned in on social media.
Chamling informed the crowd of SDF’s
development plans for the state. He said that the ropeway and skywalk in
Yangang which is currently under construction will lead to the development of the
constituency into a tourist hot-spot, which will ultimately lead to the overall
development of the state. He further added that world-class sewage management
will be developed in Ravangla. Other key promises made by the CM include making
a housing colony for landless and homeless people, Rs 5,000 to be provided as
pension to every ex-Panchayat, doubling of Panchayat salary in the coming
term, regularising of government services, and One Family One Job scheme.
He further stated that education is a
key priority of the SDF government and the government’s policy to provide free
education up till the college level will continue. He promised will further be
taken forward to make education free up to the post-graduation level.
Commenting on the recent spate of
violence undertaken by SKM he said, “SKM party is a party that thrives on
violence. The recent violence being undertaken by the party all over Sikkim is
shameful and condemnable and will never be accepted by the people of Sikkim”.
He urged
the people to vote once again in favour of the SDF party in the upcoming elections
reminding people of the great responsibility of voting and warning people to be
wary of seasonal politicians, who will
disappear immediately after the elections and betray them.
On the
previous 6 days of the Sikkim Vijay Sankalp Rally, Pawan Chamling addressed the
public in Soreng, Mangan, Gangtok, Namthang, Rorathang, and Kabi. In the days to
follow he will be addressing the public in Geyzing,
Mining, Rangpo, and Jorethang.
The election to the 32-member Sikkim
Assembly is being held on 11th April alongside the Lok Sabha election.
Friday, April 05, 2019
Thursday, April 04, 2019
KB Rai reaches to the public of Rongli, Chujachen and Kingstone
RONGLI,
APRIL 4: “SDF party had always had a stronghold at 20-Chujachen
Constituency and never had the public of Chujahen lost faith at the ruling
party and this time too I am sure we will receive the highest margin from this
constituency”, said KB Rai, candidate SDF from 20 - Chujachen Constituency at
the program held at the heart of Rongli bazaar.
Rai further spoke about his plans
for the better development of this region. Also, present on the occasion were
the powerhouse political leaders in Puran Gurung and Bikram Pradhan, former
MLAs from 20-Chujachen Constituency, Indra Pradhan, Chairman SWC, and others.
Door-to-door interaction with the public of the lower bazaar was also done.
On the earlier day, the
leaders of SDF party conducted door to door visits at the Chujachen villages
that included Chujachen, Sungdung, Pam, Lungchok, Lok data, and others. Rai met
with the public of the area. He listened to different matters placed by the
public and assured full support and help from his side. KB Rai also addressed
the gathered crowds at Kingstone for the general public Aritar GPU.
Other political
leaders to speak on the occasion included Shakti Prasad Adhikari, Puran Gurung, and Bikram Pradhan. Rai also interacted with the people of Kingstone, Maney
dara, Kuttitar, Agrigaon.
SDF President Pawan Chamling releases filmmaker Praja Pradhan’s short films
SINGTAM,
APRIL 04: Pawan Chamling, President, Sikkim Democratic Front
officially launched seven short films on the theme of politics at the Rorathang
public meet. Four of the short films was directed by Praja Pradhan, Sang
Nazitam based filmmaker while rest of the three short films titled Sikkim
Darpan was directed by Uttam Pradhan famed actor from Sikkim.
Speaking on the occasion,
Praja Pradhan said he is lucky to be part of successful SDF party and each of
the short film is based on supporting the party that is for the people of
Sikkim and for the people of Sikkim. Artistes of the shirts films included
Dilip Raimajhi, Uttam Pradhan, Praja Pradhan, Ram Sharma and others. The films
was shot in different locales of Sikkim added, Pradhan.
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
CM talks about making Chujachen the biggest tourist attraction in East Sikkim
Rorathang, 2nd April: Pawan Chamling reached Rorathang today on the
5th day of the 10-day long Sikkim Vijay Sankalp Rally. People from Rhenock,
Chujachen and Gnathang Machong joined the event. The event was widely streamed
and about 3 lakh people tuned in on social media.
Addressing
the public, he said that, “Drinking water and
electricity works will be completed on priority”. He further added that “In the next five years,
development of Sikkim will be taken to global standards and we will make Sikkim
the first state in the county to be completely free of kutcha houses”.
He talked
about some key promises including all the programmes of the government will be
youth centric and youth will be made partners in the development process,
fulfilling all the pending cases related to power projects, forest land
refugee, Singtam school will be upgraded to senior secondary school, the biggest tourist spot will be built in Chujachen which will
be the biggest in East Sikkim, Pakyong and Soreng will be made separate
districts and North District Development Council will be inaugurated in North
District.
He urged
the people to vote once again in favour of SDF party in the upcoming elections
saying that “We are not a party with seasonal leaders, we are a party with
seasoned leaders. We are not a party which experiments with people's future. We
are a party which has 25 years of experienced leadership.
We are not a programme less party.
We have a full proof programme to serve the Sikkimese people for a lifetime”.
On the
previous 4 days of the Sikkim Vijay Sankalp Rally, Pawan Chamling addressed the
public in Soreng, Mangan, Gagtok and Namthang. On the days to follow he will be
addressing the public in Kabi, Ravangla, Geyzing,
Mining, Rangpo and Jorethang.
The election to the 32-member Sikkim
Assembly is being held on 11th April alongside the Lok Sabha election.
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