GANGTOK, 21 April: The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC) has expressed ‘dissatisfaction’ on comments made by Dr. Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) as reported in newspapers on Wednesday.
SIBLAC has questioned as to why the Chairman, “who holds such a responsible office”, said that he would recommend increase of Assembly strength to make seats for Limboo and Tamang communities in the Legislative Assembly on the formula suggested by the Burman Roy Commission. This format has been objected to by SIBLAC which has demanded commensurate increase in BL seats in the event of any increase in Assembly strength.
