Himalayan Times (1962)

Himalayan Ticss September 30, 1962

03OIUNAL VOmfi SY3YLM L! SIKKiM hESL JED

India accused of "Poisonint; the Protectorate"

Namchi, September 26.

'India purports to
hampion the cause of
emocraej' and to prop*,
ate it, and tbere is a
'eople's Government in
ndia with Indian poliey-
aakerB wadded to lotty
spublican ideals; yet,
trange to relate the Govt,
if India is poisoning the
'rotectorate of Sikkim by
.Slowing communal voting,
phioh is surely a matter
if the gravest injustice"
tates the Political Re-
olution passed unani.
nously at the Delegate's
Conference of the Sikkim
National Congreea, held
it Namchi on the 29th
nst., and, thereafter, at
,he General Meeting pre-
lided over by Ksii Lhen
iup Dorji-Khangsarpa of
3hikhung. The Resolu-
iioa further slated that
inlass and until the com-
nu ial voting system is
ibolished, and a system
jf Joint Electorate on
parity basis is introduced
in its plaoe, together with
the materialisation of the
tnuoh-needed political re-
Form* embodied in a writ
ten Constitution, and, alsn,
in accordance with the
Joint Declaration made
and signed by both the
Sikkim National Congress
and the Sikkim State

CongresB at their last joint
meeting at Rangpo, the
Sikkim National CoogreBs
shall fully boycott the
coming elections in Sikkim,
and shall resort to a
Sikkim wide non-violent
8atyagraha movement. The
Resolution calls upon all
the people throughout
•Sikkim to get ready, and
be at band, for a whole-
hearted participation in
the coming final struggle,
and to ensure that they
emerge triumphant.

Another Resolution
passed was one demand-
ing to know whet actual
progress, if any, the Pay
Committee, set up by tbe
Govt, of Sikkim, bad made
towards the amelioration
of the economic plight
of the low-income group
of Government employees.

The meeting was at-
tended by more than one
hundred delegates from
the most remote corners
of Sikkim, and, in spits
of rain, the Public meet-
ing on the next day was
largely aod enthusiasti-
cally attended.

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ded about 6 km inside
Chinese territory in the
Galwan River Valley,
which is described as part
of Sinkiang, Chiuj, thus
questioning the territorial
integrity and frontier of
India in a ra inner which
is likely to be prejudicial
to the interest of the
safety and seourity of
India.

NEW NAME FOR
M. G. STATION

Siliguri, Sept 28
Tbe name of the new
railway station between
Jalpaiguri and Siliguri has
been changed from "New
Siliguri Junction" to 'SSew
Jalpaiguri Junction it is
learnt.