SDF party meeting for Tumin-Lingee wraps up at Lower Rakdong

MANGAN, 01 Nov: “The policy of the SDF government is to give priority to women and accordingly, 50% reservation has been provided to the women in the upcoming panchayat polls”, said UD&HD Minister, DB Thapa while addressing an SDF panchayat election meeting here at Lower Rakdong on Wednesday.
Stating that the government has given all political rights to the people, the Minister urged all the people of Lower Rakdong to vote for the SDF candidates. He assured that the party has chosen candidates who are dedicated to serving the people and in case any elected panchayat fails to deliver post elections he stated that the area MLA and the party president would look into the matter.
The Minister also highlighted the ongoing system of LPG cylinder supply under the Public Distribution System [PDS] as per the norms of the central government. Here, he appealed to the people to fill up the forms for the KYC which is mandatory.
HRDD Minister, NK Pradhan in his address urged the people to look past petty personal issues and consider the work done by the SDF government. He further urged people to get involved in the ‘Afno Gaon Afai Banau’ mission and works together towards development.
Similary, Gangtok MLA, Dorjee Namgyal highlighted that panchayats are the representatives of the village who will have to work in consultation with the MLA and the government. Here, he appealed to all to work for the party and endorse their valuable vote and make the party’s candidates victorious.
The SDF zilla candidate from Rakdong-Tintek, Saraswati Regmi assured that she will work more for the people if elected and appealed to all to be united.
The area MLA, Ugen T Gyatso Bhutia said that the people’s dream will be fulfilled as the government will work more for the people. He also stressed on awareness regarding the schemes and programmes of the government where he appealed to all the NGOs and youth to spread awareness among the rural public.
The MLA further urged the public not to believe in panchayat candidates who are not from SDF and added that such candidates do not have any programme and policy. Mentioning that schemes like CMRHM have had a high number of beneficiaries in the Tumin-Lingee constituency, he said that it is time for the people to prove their loyalty to the party.
The function was also addressed by the SDF vice president, Somnath Poudyal, who highlighted about the panchayati Raj system to the people and also informed that SDF is the only party which has brought development in Sikkim.
The uncontested panchayat candidate from Lower Rakdong ward, BB Gurung expressed his gratitude to the villagers of his ward.
Also present in the meeting were, Lhakila Tongden Lepcha [Member of State Planning Commission], former MLA Norjang Lepcha, Shakti Singh Choudhary [Dy Mayor GMC], SDF panchayat candidates from Rakdong-Tintek GPU and party supporters.
Earlier, the welcome address was given by Jigmee Tongden Lepcha (Coordinator) and ended with the vote of thanks by Nesh Lall Gurung, BLC member.