GANGTOK: On January 2, Bhaichung Bhutia, the president of the Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP), committed to settling issues including social justice and equality, the inner line permit, and Article 371 F by 2023. According to Bhutia, the party has decided to provide the people of Sikkim with a genuine alternative (Vikalpa).
"Our resolutions are motivated by the need to eliminate several persistent societal concerns in Sikkim. In an official statement, he added, "It is 2023, and we are still unable to address basic concerns like terrible road conditions that claim many lives, the lack of 24-hour electricity, inadequate education, unemployment, crime, corruption, etc.
Despite the fact that these problems are universal and fundamental to all societies, he claimed that our leaders have been unable to address them, and he added, "This is because we have elected inept and corrupt politicians into positions of authority."
"How can these elected officials address more complicated political problems when they can't address such fundamental socio-economic needs?" Three significant legacy concerns that have not been resolved since 1975 still have an impact on the politics of Sikkim. The fact that our "conventional politicians'' continue to gain from vote-bank politics and lack the necessary willpower means that these problems have not been overcome, he continued.
Social justice and equality, the Inner Line Permit, and Article 371 F are the issues that Bhutia left behind.
He added that the reserving of seats for the Limboo-Tamang and Sikkimese Nepali communities is an obvious problem that has not been rectified. The reservation for the Bhutia-Lepcha community suffered a significant setback in the most recent Panchayat elections. All people's rights are being violated.
According to him, these so-called "conventional politicians" neither seem interested in nor capable of fixing these long-standing problems.
"I have made a commitment, along with the Hamro Sikkim Party, that if we are elected to office in 2024, we will permanently address the problem of community-based reservations," he said. "We pledge to present a solution that would be equitable to all relevant populations without impairing anyone's legitimate rights, " he continued.
Bhutia made reference to the Inner-Line Permit (ILP) and stated that Sikkim must get rid of issues like crime, illegal immigration, document fraud, and unemployment in order to succeed.
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