THE OLD SETTLERS OF SIKKIM

Residential Certificate to the ‘Left Out’ is simply a gimmick – Prem Goyal

source: VoiceofSikkim


11 August, Gangtok: With the speech made by the Chief Minister to issue a Residential Certificate to the left out of Sikkimese community, a huge rush of appreciation was bagged by the Chief Minister by the business wards of the left out community. In the other hand scores of intellectuals belonging to the left out community has made their apprehension stating that this is simply a gimmick and nothing more to divert the attention of innocent community. In one such situation Sikkim Nagarik Sangarsh Sameti hard core member duo executive Prem Goyal have stumble upon the issuing of residential certificate.

He said, the tactical game play of the state government to juggle ‘IT expemtion’ ,’facilities’ and ‘racism’ will pour a big trouble for the people of Sikkim in the coming time near future.

All confusions would have been cleared if the state government had termed Sikkimese to those who have come before 26 April 1975 and others non-Sikkimese. A solution which the Sameti has been raising since many times to the state government making that as a markup year.

He said that, as per the state government cabinet memorandum on 21 August 2007which segregate the community those who will be exempted from IT and who will not, this all of sudden exemption for left out community of Sikkim is not more than a political drama.

The centre has no time for listening to petty issues again and again, once the memorandum has been sent to centre by the state government for exemption of IT for Sikkim Subject Holders and their decedents it is all done. Will the state government accept error or go for modification of memorandum and re-submit it to the centre thereby considering IT exemption for everybody?

State government give in a writing to me if it cannot do it, I guarantee that I shall do it within a week said Goyal strongly.

I have nothing to comment on community those who have extended their thanks giving toward the Chief Minister for issuing a speech over Residential Certificate for the left out community, they have a right to freedom of expression, said Goyal. He added that a private resolution was tabled in the assembly regarding the exemption of IT on 11 December 2009 toward the old settler’s decedents who have been settled before Sikkim Subject was Rules formed, those old settlers who owns a land in rural sector before 1963 before Sikkim Subject was introduced, those settlers whose decedents parents were government servants in Sikkim before 1969 , unfortunately things are not been done according to the resolution?

State Government’s proposal of issuing of residential Certificate is a tricky question which is puzzling the innocent people , here I have nothing to mention if the community falls on such illusion, he said. What is the surety that residential certificate would give a proportionate status to left outs, he said. The only way to find a easy way out to resolve the inequality is either to follow the 22 November 1965 gazette notification which is at par and legitimate formula to designate appropriate stand for left outs instead of making a political speech, he suggested.