No new bandh call, ASDLF clarifies

GANGTOK, 10 April: The All Sikkim Democratic Labour Front has clarified that talk of another round of bandhs was a ‘hoax’ being circulated by a group “without any public support” but “motivated by an intent to confuse and mislead the people” away from the achievements won by the Front through its two-day Sikkim Bandh.
The Front, through a press release issued yesterday, has claimed that the two-day bandh was a “major success” as a direct result of which negotiations have begun afresh between managements of various institutions and industrial units to meet the 27-point labour-related demands raised by the ASDLF during the bandh.
The release further informs that the Front will continue its “struggle” until all its demands are fulfilled.
While condemning the rumours, the Front has appealed to the general public not to be misled by such canards.