Himalayan Times (1961)

June 11, 1961 Himalayan Times Five

SIKKIM NATIONAL CONGRESS TO LAUNCH SATYAGRAH

Mammoth demonstration at Gangtok ' ,
Gangtok, June 7.

At a mammoth Do-
momtration held by ths
Sikkim National Congress
at Gangtok on 2nd & 3rd
June, which culminated
in a public meeting at
Gangtok Bazar, presided
over by Kazi Lhendup
Dorji.v twenty-one Reso-
lutiiins were passed which
were then announced, to
the large gathering, who
received them with mani-
fest pleasure and great
enthusiasm. The gathering
numbered about six thou-
sand people from , all parts
of Sikkim, among whom
were large numbers of
Lepchaa from the Lepoha
areas, and it was fully
representative of the three
communities of Sikkim

The main Resolutions
passed were the demand
for the immediate aboli-
tion of the communal
vo ing system, the dtmand
for a written Constitu-
tion; the Resolution that
the Sikkim Subjects Re-
gulation would not be
accepted in the form of
a Proclamation from the
Maharaja, but that it
should form part of the
Constitution after this
Regulation had been tho-
roughly discussed in the
Sikkim Council; and tho

formation of a Respond,
ble Government.

Unless these objec-
tives are fulfilled, the
Sikkim National Congress
resolved that they would
firstly recall' their Cdun-
oillers from the Sikkim.
Council,. and, seoondly,
they would launch a full-
scale, Sikkim wide satya
graha, peaceful and non-
violent, in the very near
future.

Stating that , these
twenty-one Resolutions
represented the legitimate
rights of the Sikkimeee
people, Kazi Lhendup
Dorji president of tin
S. N. C. requested >the
people to stand united
for the final struggle,. H«
stated'that if the Govern-
ment does not ooncede
these rightful demands,
then they wilt tak« vhnt
is their right with no far-
ther parleying.
BEST GRAM SEVAK
FECILITATED

Kalimpong, Jnne 9
The prizi giving oere-
mony in honour of Shri
B.P. bharma, Gram.Sevak,
Kalimpong-I, who had
been deolared the best
gramsevak in Darjeeling
district, and the distri-

bution of certificates to
.the 1st batch trainees of.
Training - cum-Productioh
Centre (Fruit Preservation)
were held on 7th inst.
at the Town Hall. -

Shri S. Guha, B.D.O,
in his opening apesch ex-
plained the different acti-
vities of Shri S harm a and
■aid that he''had been
very rightly judged a*
the best Gramsevak in the
district.* Shri Guha also
explained the importance
6f Training-oum-Produo-
tion Centre and expressed
his ' high . •' hopes about
the Co operative Society
formed by the first batch
trainees. He also pointed
out the importance of
CbUftge & Small' Scale
Industries' in Kalimpong,
for the improvement of
the economic condition of
the people; dhri B. P.
Sharma in his short speech
said that his achievement
is due to the' co-opera-
tion of the village people
with whom he lived and
worked

. Capt D. C. Mookher-
jee, 8.D.0 , Kalimpong in
his .presidential speech
pointed out the multi-
ferious aotiyitiea of the
Block and congratulated
Shri B P. Sharma.__

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