SDF plea to governor on CAA exemption

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Former chief minister and Sikkim Democratic Front president Pawan Chamling on Friday urged governor Ganga Prasad to move the Centre to ensure that the state was kept outside the purview of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act owing to the special status enjoyed by it under Article 371F of the Constitution.

An SDF delegation led by Chamling met the governor at Raj Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum. “Your Honour could kindly seek the blessings of the Government of India in the interest of Sikkim to ensure that Sikkim be exempted from the extension and enforcement of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 as per the relevant provisions of law to uphold the very essence of Article 371F,” said the memorandum.

The former chief minister said the amended Act had given rise to a deep sense of fear and insecurity in the minds of the people of Sikkim.

“The people at large are very apprehensive that in case the Act is enforced in Sikkim, the rights and interests of the Sikkimese people would be adversely affected and the very spirit of Article 371F of the Constitution would be diluted,” he said.