GANGTOK, 16 May: The All Sikkim Educated Self Employed & Unemployed Association [ASESE&UA] president, Nawin Kiran, today announced plans to join the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front with the executive and active members of the association. 25 executive members and around 50 active members of the association will be joining the ruling party after formally resigning from the ASESE&UA.
Addressing a press conference today, Mr. Kiran informed that the process will be completed over the next two days and a new executive body put in place in the association. ASESE&UA, he said, will continue working on issues and programmes it has been addressing and its members will keep away from politics.
On queries on whether the association’s chief advisor and former MP, Pahalman Subba, will also join the SDF, Mr. Kiran said that the association wanted to keep him above politics, but he added, “Nothing is impossible in politics”.
As to why SDF, Mr. Kiran said that when the executive members decided on joining active politics and after that when they decided against opening their own party and join an existing one, the choice was only between SDF and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha.
He said today that the group found that SDF was better than the SKM. He said that except the slogan of ‘change’, the association did not find any programmes or clear objectives for the people in the new party.
They informed that they had met the Chief Minister on 13 May and then attended the SDF Namthang meeting. This one had led to some confusion with announcements made of Mr. Kiran having extended support to SDF, his denial and criticism from others.
Mr. Kiran commented today that the amount of noise generated over his presence at the SDF meeting in Namthang was surprising given that no eyebrows were raised when ASESE&UA members attended meetings of other parties.
Mr. Subba in turn said that his blessings were with the ASESE&UA members joining the ruling party. He added that the association was now looking for an able president to replace Mr. Kiran.
An executive member, Sabita Tamang, in turn lashed out against the uncharitable comments on their having attended an SDF meeting. She jabbed back with a repartee pointing out that even the leader to whom the SKM was aligned was an MLA of the ruling party.
Addressing a press conference today, Mr. Kiran informed that the process will be completed over the next two days and a new executive body put in place in the association. ASESE&UA, he said, will continue working on issues and programmes it has been addressing and its members will keep away from politics.
On queries on whether the association’s chief advisor and former MP, Pahalman Subba, will also join the SDF, Mr. Kiran said that the association wanted to keep him above politics, but he added, “Nothing is impossible in politics”.
As to why SDF, Mr. Kiran said that when the executive members decided on joining active politics and after that when they decided against opening their own party and join an existing one, the choice was only between SDF and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha.
He said today that the group found that SDF was better than the SKM. He said that except the slogan of ‘change’, the association did not find any programmes or clear objectives for the people in the new party.
They informed that they had met the Chief Minister on 13 May and then attended the SDF Namthang meeting. This one had led to some confusion with announcements made of Mr. Kiran having extended support to SDF, his denial and criticism from others.
Mr. Kiran commented today that the amount of noise generated over his presence at the SDF meeting in Namthang was surprising given that no eyebrows were raised when ASESE&UA members attended meetings of other parties.
Mr. Subba in turn said that his blessings were with the ASESE&UA members joining the ruling party. He added that the association was now looking for an able president to replace Mr. Kiran.
An executive member, Sabita Tamang, in turn lashed out against the uncharitable comments on their having attended an SDF meeting. She jabbed back with a repartee pointing out that even the leader to whom the SKM was aligned was an MLA of the ruling party.
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