Friday, December 27, 2013

Faction names their choice of SDF candidate for Dzongu

MANGAN, 26 Dec:  A group of people of Dzongu have named Pintso Namgyal Lepcha of Sikkim Democratic Front [SDF] party as their choice for representing Dzongu in the State Legislative Assembly in the next assembly elections. In a meeting held today at Namprikdang in Upper Dzongu, around 60 people of the area demanded that Mr Lepcha be chosen as the SDF candidate from Dzongu.
The meeting was chaired by Pintso Namgyal Lepcha himself and attended by Norden Tshering Lepcha [organisation secretary], Kado Lepcha [Zilla member Ramthang-Tanek], Chewang Lachungpa and MB Thapa.
Addressing the meeting, Norden Tshering Lepcha underlined the main agenda of the meeting. The meeting was addressed by MB Thapa, Chewang Lachungpa, Karma Dawa Bhutia, Dupden Lepcha and former zilla member, Topnam Lepcha.
They contended that the present MLA has not fulfilled his commitments hence the party should now field a new candidate selected by the people in the meeting.
Karma Dawa Bhutia and Dupden Lepcha contended that they have been with the SDF party for the last 18 years but have not been given any post and new members are instead being given posts. They have further said that if the party ticket for Dzongu is not given to the candidate of their choice then people may be compelled to look elsewhere.
Pintso Namgyal Lepcha in his address said that everyone should work for the party since the party president has assured to solve all problems faced by the people of the constituency. “We, despite being party supporters, have been meted out step motherly treatment by the area MLA”, he alleged. Assuring that he will work for the party and the people, he however stated that the party president will decide who will contest the upcoming elections for SDF from Dzongu and he cannot make the decision.

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