Govt rejects CBI probe against Chamling, sets up enquiry commission

Himalayan Guardian Gangtok    Jan 12, 2011

Govt rejects CBI probe against Chamling, sets up enquiry commission

Himalayan News Network

Gangtok, Jan 11: The State Government has rejected the demand for CBI probe against Chief Minister Pawan Chamling and his Cabinet colleagues in corruption charges leveled by State Congress leaders.

Instead, it has decided to set up an enquiry commission to probe into the charges.

The Assembly on Tuesday endorsed this decision and adopted a unanimous resolution for a commission of inquiry to go into the allegations of disproportionate assets against Chamling and some of his former and present Cabinet colleagues.

The commission,  under the provisions of the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952, will be headed by retired chief justice of the Sikkim High Court Justice R K Patra.

The resolution, proposed by Health Minister D N Takarpa, was seconded by B S Panth.

The resolution said the move to set up the commission was in the general interest of the people.

Chamling, the leader of the House, said that he and his other colleagues, against whom the allegations were leveled, would not take part in the discussions over the resolution.

Meanwhile, Opposition leaders scoffed at the decision to set up the commission and called the move “an eyewash.” They said the new move was aimed at delaying CBI probe into the charges in the disproportionate assets case against the Chief Minister.

After the Supreme Court dismissed their petition last March the petitioners (Cong leaders), as advised by the apex court, approached the CBI for investigation.

Khyentse Rinpoche to lead puja in Tashiding

                    

Khyentse Rinpoche

S. Norbu

Gangtok, Jan 11: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, one of the well-known lamas of Tibetan Buddhism abroad, is expected to arrive here tomorrow to lead a puja in Tashiding in West Sikkim.

Monks from various monasteries in the State will also participate in the puja which is for peace and prosperity in the State.

Rinpoche (born 1961), also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and writer. His two major films are The Cup (1999) and Travellers and Magicians (2003). He is the author of the book What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Shambhala, 2007)1. He is also a prominent tulku associated with Dzongsar Monastery in Derge, Eastern Tibet.

At the age of seven Rinpoche was recognized as the third 'mindstream emanation' of the founder of Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

The first incarnation was Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), who helped found the Rime or ecumenical school of Tibetan Buddhism, centred in Dzongsar Monastery in Sichuan. Followers of this non-sectarian school sought to identify and make use of the best methods from the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

 The second incarnation was the renowned lama Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1893–1959), who lived at the Palace Monastery (Tsuklakhang) after he fled Tibet in 1956-57.

Until the age of twelve Khyentse Norbu studied at the Palace Monastery in Gangtok.