GANGTOK, 02 Feb: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha secretary general, MK Subba, said that the party’s recently held parivartan rally was conceptualized by the party to go door-to-door and meet the people in order to know what changes the people of the state want. This is why the theme of the parivartan rally was ‘Sikkim needs change’, said Mr. Subba while addressing a press conference held at the SKM party office on Saturday.
The rally was flagged off on Republic Day and rally covered more than 1,292 kilometers in a span of six days. “The rally took us through all the four districts, covering all the 10 divisions and visiting 31 constituencies in the process”, he stated and added that during the rally they distributed more than 25,000 pamphlets and invitations to the people for their 04 February first year anniversary celebrations scheduled to be held in Jorethang in South Sikkim.
Speaking on the remarks of the Chief Minister Pawan Chamling regarding the rally, he stated that this parivartan rally was not in any way illegal as the party had got the required permission for it. It is not the work of the Chief Minister to check the identity of the people taking part in the rally but the job of the district administration, he added.
Here he stated that the rally was to interact with the people and of a peaceful nature and not to instigate anybody anywhere. This can be proven by the fact that there are no FIRs lodged against any SKM party followers anywhere in any of the police stations the rally visited, he stated.
“We are ready for the upcoming general elections 2014 and the parivartan rally was a part of it and 04 February being our first foundation day celebrations will be celebrated in a grand manner in Jorethang which will be attended by more than one lakh people”, he stated and added that on the day the oath taking ceremony of the president will also be held, along with announcement of agendas and future course of actions to be taken by the party.
Regarding the 04 February foundation day celebrations by the party, he alleged that the present government was trying to create tension unnecessarily by organizing the Janta Mela at Namchi on the same day.
“This is the first foundation day celebration of the SKM party and it cannot be postponed but there is no reason why the Janta Mela cannot be shifted to a later date,” said Mr Subba. The Janta Mela is the last desperate attempt by the ruling party to woo the people before the upcoming general elections, he added.
He also accused the state government of insensitivity on the issue of safety of Sikkimese students studying outside the state. He cited the example of the recent case where around 50 to 60 students studying in Himachal Pradesh returned to Sikkim due to security reasons and alleged that no action was taken by the government.
The rally was flagged off on Republic Day and rally covered more than 1,292 kilometers in a span of six days. “The rally took us through all the four districts, covering all the 10 divisions and visiting 31 constituencies in the process”, he stated and added that during the rally they distributed more than 25,000 pamphlets and invitations to the people for their 04 February first year anniversary celebrations scheduled to be held in Jorethang in South Sikkim.
Speaking on the remarks of the Chief Minister Pawan Chamling regarding the rally, he stated that this parivartan rally was not in any way illegal as the party had got the required permission for it. It is not the work of the Chief Minister to check the identity of the people taking part in the rally but the job of the district administration, he added.
Here he stated that the rally was to interact with the people and of a peaceful nature and not to instigate anybody anywhere. This can be proven by the fact that there are no FIRs lodged against any SKM party followers anywhere in any of the police stations the rally visited, he stated.
“We are ready for the upcoming general elections 2014 and the parivartan rally was a part of it and 04 February being our first foundation day celebrations will be celebrated in a grand manner in Jorethang which will be attended by more than one lakh people”, he stated and added that on the day the oath taking ceremony of the president will also be held, along with announcement of agendas and future course of actions to be taken by the party.
Regarding the 04 February foundation day celebrations by the party, he alleged that the present government was trying to create tension unnecessarily by organizing the Janta Mela at Namchi on the same day.
“This is the first foundation day celebration of the SKM party and it cannot be postponed but there is no reason why the Janta Mela cannot be shifted to a later date,” said Mr Subba. The Janta Mela is the last desperate attempt by the ruling party to woo the people before the upcoming general elections, he added.
He also accused the state government of insensitivity on the issue of safety of Sikkimese students studying outside the state. He cited the example of the recent case where around 50 to 60 students studying in Himachal Pradesh returned to Sikkim due to security reasons and alleged that no action was taken by the government.
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