Sikkim CM meets Amit shah, seeks tribal status for 12 communities

GANGTOK: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Golay on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi seeking tribal status for left out communities.

During the visit, the CM submitted a memorandum seeking tribal status for 12 communities, seat reservation for the Limboo-Tamang community in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, and His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's visit to Sikkim.

Three years after the merger with India the Bhutiya and lepcha communities were notified as Scheduled Tribe in Sikkim. By Act 10 In 2003, another community, the Limboo-Tamang was given the ST status. However, the Limboo-Tamang Community was not given reservation in the 32-member Sikkim Legislative Assembly.

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The memorandum also mentioned the historic background and significance of these demands with reference to the Tripartite Agreement and Article 371F.

The Chief Minister also sought for the visit of His Holiness 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje's visit to the state. In 2018, the Narendra Modi government removed the previous restriction imposed on his movement within the country.

Golay also stated the need for a disciplined and semi-civilian agency interface with security agencies and the civilian population in the state borders. Citing Border Wing Home Guards (BWHG) along the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders, in the states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and West Bengal, he requested for the allotment of two battalions of BWHG in Sikkim with 100% assistance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in line with other Northeast states.

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