ASESE&UA to focus on rights of Sikkim Subject and COI holders

GANGTOK, 21 Feb: All Sikkim Educated Self Employed & Un-employed Association [ASESE&UA] has announced that the strengthening of the rights of Sikkim Subjects and Certificate of Identification holders will be its main focus for this year.
The association has decided to continuously appraise the various matters related to this issue to the concerned agencies in the coming days for various rectifications.
Displaying various documents and COIs issued to non-Sikkimese, ASESE&UA president, Nawin Kiran alleged that many non-Sikkimese people in the state have been getting the Sikkim Subject certificate illegally.
He mentioned that the association feels that acquiring COI through illegal and unfair means is an infringement on the rights of Sikkimese people. He further alleged that the association also found technical errors and mistakes in clerical practices in the certificates.
Mr Kiran maintained that the association is not against any individual but purelyin favour of larger public interest as the rights of the Sikkimese people have been deprived.
Apart from this, the ASESE&UA welcomed the Gangtok Municipal Corporation’s notice in local newspapers informing the masses not to sublet the Trade Licenses to others as per sub rule 1(F) of Rule 13 of STL&MPR, 2011.
On the same, the association’s spokesperson, Zigmi Bhutia urged the GMC and other concerned agencies to strictly follow the said rule and to physically verify the implementation of the rule and not only cancel licenses of the defaulter but also initiate criminal proceedings against them.
He informed that the association would also educate the general public on demographic change, unemployment and other ill effects due to practice of trade license subletting.
Mr Bhutia informed that unemployed youth should utilize the trade license to be self-employed and self-reliant.
The association has also appointed its general secretary, Sonam Pintso Bhutia, as the vice-president of the association. It is informed that Mr Bhutia has to meet the expectations of the said post as it carries large amount of responsibilities, failing which the president and executive committee [more than 50%] hold the right to remove him from the post at any point of time.