GANGTOK, 23 Oct: Save Kabi Longtsok Committee [SKLC] has condemned the state government’s recent announcement of providing GCI sheets and subsidized rice even to those with just voter ID cards in the state. In a press release, president Sonam Tashi Bhutia has stated that this is another step to “belittle the significance of the Sikkim Subject Certificates”.
Mentioning that non-locals also figure in the voters list of Sikkim, he has expressed that such exercise if allowed is detrimental to the cause of India’s national security, which cannot be allowed. Even if such policy decisions are to be taken, it can be done only once the existing voter list of the entire State is rectified, he adds.
Mr. Bhutia further states that the State government’s decision to enforce Aadhar card followed by the repealing of Sikkim’s old laws (Companies Act) has already revealed the “hidden agenda” of the policy makers that ultimately aims to do away with Article 371 F of the Indian Constitution vis-à-vis Sikkim’s distinct identity within the Union. “We call upon authorities in Sikkim to get wary of such low-graded politics at the stake of our very identity and posterity”, he adds.
Mentioning that non-locals also figure in the voters list of Sikkim, he has expressed that such exercise if allowed is detrimental to the cause of India’s national security, which cannot be allowed. Even if such policy decisions are to be taken, it can be done only once the existing voter list of the entire State is rectified, he adds.
Mr. Bhutia further states that the State government’s decision to enforce Aadhar card followed by the repealing of Sikkim’s old laws (Companies Act) has already revealed the “hidden agenda” of the policy makers that ultimately aims to do away with Article 371 F of the Indian Constitution vis-à-vis Sikkim’s distinct identity within the Union. “We call upon authorities in Sikkim to get wary of such low-graded politics at the stake of our very identity and posterity”, he adds.
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