Sikkim leaders released

SNPP president Biraj Adhikari, working president Tseten Lepcha and treasurer Diley Namgyal Kazi were arrested from their residences in an early morning swoop by Sadar police. The four-month-old party had called a 12-hour bandh to protest against the alleged “dilution” of safeguards enshrined in Article 371F of the Constitution. The leaders had also threatened to court arrest, officials said. MORE...

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