A MILESTONE FOR CHAMLING, MILES TO GO FOR SIKKIM
It is a proud moment for Chief
Minister Pawan Chamling as his ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), which he
heads, completes 23 years in office (Dec 12, 1994-Dec 12, 2017) this week.
Chamling’s political maturity is reflected in his admission that while his
government has made tremendous progress in all fields there is much more still
to be done.
He has blamed the bureaucrats for
failure to implement much of his government’s pro-people policies and
programmes. At the fag end of his first term in office (1994-1999) the Chief
Minister openly admitted that he lacked the right team to lead Sikkim on the
right path.
Hopefully, if and when he makes a
comeback in the forthcoming Assembly polls (2018 or early 2019) Chamling will
have the ideal team that will give top priority to economic and political
empowerment of bonafide Sikkimese while preserving Sikkim’s closely-knit social
fabric, which at times has taken a battering mainly because of vote-bank
politics.
This is a time not only to
rejoice in one’s accomplishments but it is also a time for reflection and
rejuvenation. Chamling has come a long way but Sikkim has miles to go.
