Gangtok (PTI): Demanding tribal status to the Nepali communities in the state, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling on Friday urged the Centre to declare Sikkim a tribal state. "We urge the centre to bestow tribal status to all the Nepali communities as per the Constitution so as to make Sikkim a tribal state," Chamling said after unfurling the tricolour at Paljor stadium here. Reflecting on the performance of the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government, which has been in power since 1994, Chamling said that the state has made rapid progress as a fast developing state even as measures have been taken to secure the political and economic rights of the people, including the women and downtrodden. The empowerment of the rural people by devolution of powers through the panchayat system and that of the women by giving them...
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