Golay’s proposal to make amendments to Governor’s address turned down

GANGTOK, 24 June: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha’s Prem Singh Tamang [Golay] proposed two amendments to the Governor’s address saying that the data that was reflected in the Governor’s address had mentioned a growth rate of 22.8 percent, which, he argued, did not match figures in recent documents published by the Planning Commission of India. The GSDP Growth Rates of Sikkim, he said was 11 percent instead.
However, replying to the motion for amendment, Leader of the House, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, rejected the counter figures as incorrect and stated that the figure of 22.8%  was reflected by Planning Commission in its 13th Finance Commission Report.
Mr. Tamang also moved an amendment for another figure- that of IMR, MMR, which was also turned down by the treasury bench.
Mr. Tamang also spoke out against imposition on Section 144 of the CrPC in the vicinity of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, claiming that this was “unreasonable and unwarranted”. Mr. Chamling responded by saying the Assembly Secretariat was an autonomous body and that he would not interfere in it.