Chamling using 371 F as a shield in CBI inquiry: SNPP

Gangtok: Sikkim National Peoples Party (SNPP) today alleged the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) for using the special provision act, 371 F as a shield in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry upon state chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and others.
Speaking to news men here today, SNPP president Biraj Adhikari stated that Chamling and his men are avoiding the CBI inquiry applying the special powers provided by 371 F which in turn could have been implemented at the time when numerous central government Acts entered Sikkim like as Direct Income Tax Act.
“Since long, SNPP has been maintaining that 371 F could be used for the betterment of state people. But the same is being applied now, when Chamling has felt a necessity of it from abstaining CBI inquiry of his own”, he underlined.
Adhikari further teached that the state in recent years is flooded with numerous central government Acts which in turn diluted the 371 F to a larger extent.
Claiming the fact that the CAG reports have been indexing that Sikkim is facing rampant corruption from past 16 years, he stressed the necessity of CBI inquiry over Chamling and other SDF party men at the earliest.
“State opposition parties labeled allegations could be a fabricated one but not the CAG reports. If central government act unmoved in Chamling’s CBI inquiry, it will be certain that central government has no role in Sikkim state”, he mentioned stating that the delay in CBI inquiry could lead towards decreasing of faith of state people towards the central government.
Speaking in same line, SNPP Treasurer Diley Namgyal Barfunga said that Chamling and his party men should let the probe agency investigate in order to come up with clean hands.
“SDF claims a democratic and clean government in Sikkim. If the ruling party words are to be believed then what is the fear from CBI invading state for inquiry”, he questioned.
Censuring the Loksabha MP, PD Rai statements that Bhandari along with state opposition parties are playing a proxy war against SDF party and chief minister Chamling through filing politically motivated cases and FIR, Barfunga said that the opposition parties are acting in democratic manner with the filing of cases and FIR are a democratic instrument, thus the statements of Rai makes no sense at all.
Commenting on the recently passed Lokayukta bill and announced Patra commission, Barfunga cleared his party stand in it stating that the move was made only after the FIR of disproportionate assets against SDF men was made and CBI started investigating upon it, SNPP smells a vested interest of Chamling on its aforesaid introductions thus it condemns the same.
“Central government should make sure that democracy is established in Sikkim. If the guarantee is denied then the absolute merger of Sikkim with India comes under cloud”, he supposed.
-Haal Kahabar