Meanwhile, the Gorkha National Liberation Front welcomed the
announcement made by Mr Tamang to name Rohini Road after their leader
Subash Ghisingh. “We welcome the decision to name Rohini Road after our
leader as it was he who built it.
We also welcome Mr Tamang’s announcement that the toll collected on
the road would be stopped from April. This was what our leader Subash
Ghisingh also wanted,” GNLF Central Programme Cell convener, Y Lama
said. As comments made by Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) leader Binoy
Tamang against the Sikkim government raised a few eyebrows, the ruling
Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) on Monday said it reserved its comment on
the matter, even as the opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) said
there were vested interests of the two leaders (Mr Tamang and CM Pawan
Kumar Chamling) in play in the entire matter.
When contacted, a top SDF leader in Gangtok said the party is not
officially commenting on the issue for now, and that it will say
something on it “at a relevant time.” SDF sources, however, said that Mr
Tamang’s statements were “unwarranted and uncalledfor.” Addressing a
public meeting at Sukna near Siliguri yesterday, the GJMM leader had
warned Sikkim against “meddling’ in Hill politics.
Opposition SKM spokesperson Jacob Khaling said the statement was a
result of a personal clash and vested interests of Mr Tamang and Mr
Chamling. “Mr Tamang’s words were not directed towards the Sikkim
people. In a bid to meet their personal gains, Mr Chamling should not
use the citizens of Sikkim, while Mr Tamang should also not blame the
Sikkim people,” he said.
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