Chamling seeks tribal status of 11 communities in Sikkim
The Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has demanded tribal status for eleven communities in the state. “The state government has been been doing everything possible to secure Constitutional recognition of the 11 left out communities as Scheduled Tribes in view of their historical background,” Chamling said yesterday at a summit for Tribal Status, 2018 organised by the Eleven Indigenous Ethnic Communities of Sikkim (EIECOS) and others. He has been corresponding with the president, prime minister and other union ministers to press for inclusion of Gurung, Mangar, Rai, Sunwar, Mukhia,…
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