SKM rallies in Mangley to protest vehicle vandalism incident

GANGTOK, 16 May: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha took out a rally at Mangley in West Sikkim on Thursday to protest yesterday’s incident in which SKM core member RK Waling’s vehicle was vandalized at Reshi, near Mangley. The protest rally was led by SKM’s women’s wing, the Nari Morcha. The party is convinced that the vandalism was the handiwork of ruling Sikkim Democratic Front party youth.
The rally took a round of Mangley bazaar raising slogans against the ruling party and demanding the immediate arrest of the perpetrators of the act of arson and blaming the ruling party for having vitiated peace in Sikkim, an SKM press release issued by Jacob Khaling informs.
When the rally arrived near the SDF party office at Mangaley bazaar, the situation grew very tense but the SKM party leaders managed to cool down their supporters, the release informs.
Bhojraj Rai, the SKM vice president, insists that while SKM believes in peace, the SDF was instigating violence.