Gangtok: Demanding tribal status to the Nepali communities in the state, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling on Friday urged the Centre to declare Sikkim a tribal state.
"We urge the centre to bestow tribal status to all the Nepali communities as per the Constitution so as to make Sikkim a tribal state," Chamling said after unfurling the tricolour at Paljor stadium here.
Reflecting on the performance of the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government, which has been in power since 1994, Chamling said that the state has made rapid progress as a fast developing state even as measures have been taken to secure the political and economic rights of the people, including the women and downtrodden.
The empowerment of the rural people by devolution of powers through the panchayat system and that of the women by giving them 40 per cent reservation in rural panchayat bodies have been successfully accomplished by his government, he said.
Aiming to achieve cent percent literacy in the state, the government has provided free education to students up to college level, apart from distribution of text books, exercise books, uniforms, etc free of cost.
The government will give more emphasis on the tourism sector by promoting eco-tourism which "have huge potential to generate revenues".
"We urge the centre to bestow tribal status to all the Nepali communities as per the Constitution so as to make Sikkim a tribal state," Chamling said after unfurling the tricolour at Paljor stadium here.
Reflecting on the performance of the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government, which has been in power since 1994, Chamling said that the state has made rapid progress as a fast developing state even as measures have been taken to secure the political and economic rights of the people, including the women and downtrodden.
The empowerment of the rural people by devolution of powers through the panchayat system and that of the women by giving them 40 per cent reservation in rural panchayat bodies have been successfully accomplished by his government, he said.
Aiming to achieve cent percent literacy in the state, the government has provided free education to students up to college level, apart from distribution of text books, exercise books, uniforms, etc free of cost.
The government will give more emphasis on the tourism sector by promoting eco-tourism which "have huge potential to generate revenues".
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