16 May, 2004; NOW! 1 THUKCHUK ACCEPTS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONGRESS DEBACLE, TURN TO pg 5 DECIDES TO RESIGN, BHANDARI REMAINS UNIMPRESSED FOR DETAILS

HOME Bharat Sanchar SBILOANS Sunday, 16 May, 2004 Vol. 3 No. 46  Rs. 3 Nigam Ltd. CONSIDERING Cell ne TO BUY A FLAT Connecting IN SILIGURI? TALK MORE, PAY LESS Free Call Charges in Plan 399 Consider Lowest SMS rate @ 40 paise buying it on an CDMA Mobile at lowest rate Lowest Rate in Leased Line, SBI loan from ISDN, STD/ ISD Gangtok! Free unlimited talk to any 3 numbers by paying just Rs. 75 contact Kumar Gajmer at SBI, Bulk SMS, Bulk Mail Gangtok branch, or call 221165 Video Conferencing, Web-Hosting Shocked Bhandari wonders whether SDF sweep came from the people or EVMs have been examined by experts ther verify that the machine has RANJIT SINGH BHANDARI DOUBTS from technical institutes, their ma- been properly sealed, a Form 17 is GANGTOK, 15 May: The SPCC nipulation can only be imagined. signed by the presiding officer and [I] president DEPENDABILITY No one has been able to do so yet,” polling agents of various parties at expressed shock at the landslide OF EVMS, the CEO said. the polling stations itself. Further victory of the SDF party and won- CHIEF ELECTION The DC East, K. Srinivas, while information reveals that each EVM dered whether the victory was speaking to NOW! on the matter has a unique serial number which given by the people of or OFFICER SAYS revealed that the EVMs had been is made available to polling agents the electronic voting machines. MANIPULATION brought from Manipur. On the sug- and is verified at the time of count- “This is not our defeat. I can’t CAN ONLY BE gestion that data could have been ing to establish that the correct say what happened. There were no tampered while in storage, he re- EVMs are being used for counting. incidents of false voting or rigging “IMAGINED” vealed the names of the Congress Also, the seals for the EVMs but the SDF still won,” Mr. party officials in whose presence which are provided by the election Bhandari said expressing surprise the EVMs were sealed and put in commission have only one manu- at the victory of the SDF party at the strong room in the TNA audi- facturer. This, along with the fact the just concluded polls. torium on 11 May at 1:40 AM. that each seal has the signatures of His shock apart, Mr. Bhandari “We have the signatures of the polling agents nullifies the pos- also raised some questions on the Phuchung Bhutia [INC], Kunga sibility of duplicating them. veracity of results polled by the Nima Lepcha [INC], ST Bhutia Furthermore, the parties in the EVMs and made a submission of [INC] and N Pradhan [SDF] who fray have the right to keep a 24hr Bhandari addresses the Press at Congress Bhavan on 15 May, 2004 the same to the Chief Electoral Of- have witnessed the sealing and stor- vigil on the storerooms in which the ficer, TT Dorjee. The party has in- stored properly and guarded against all been sealed and only after a pe- ing of the EVMs in the strong room. EVMs are stored till counting date. quired on the number of EVMs sent tampering. riod of 6 months to 1 year will we Their signatures are also affixed on This is clearly mentioned in the by the election commission to Speaking to NOW!, the CEO, erase the data in them after permis- the sealing lock and the seal was election manual made available to Sikkim along with the number used Mr. Dorjee, while confirming that sion from the election commission.” opened in their collective presence every candidate. and those kept in reserve per con- he had received such a letter from Further clarifying on the EVMs on the day of the counting,” Mr. Election officials have stituency. They have also ques- the SPCC [I] said, “We have around he said that it was very difficult to Srinivas clarified. “Therefore there rubbished the suggestion that EVMs tioned whether the EVMs were 1,200 EVMs and the ones used have manipulate an EVM, “The EVMs is no question of any tampering of could be tampered in any way, but the machines,” he said. the SPCC [I] is not convinced. In Further information procured fact, claiming that it has received THESE DON’T LOOK LIKE EVMs from election officials reveal that several complaints on the EVMs, it once the machine is “closed” it does has even set up a committee to probe Victory celebrations not record any more votes. To fur- turn to pg 5 are going on in full swing in all territorial constituencies of Sikkim [Cong bagged HONGHONG KONGKONG only the Sangha which is voted by an electoral college] to BAZAAR mark the SDF sweep in the polls. That Any Item Rs. 90 to Rs. 150 apart, thousands FIRST lined up outside the Gift Items, Crockery & Other TIME IN CM’s official SIKKIM residence, Attractive Goods! Mintokgang [left] to offer Khadas to Mr. Chamling. HOTEL BAYUL, MG MARG, GANGTOK

CMYK 2; NOW!; 16 May, 2004 ED-SPACE Retreat on rules for wartime NOW! dishonors core U.S. values FIRST WITH THE NEWS ttempts to set rules for con Here We Go Again ducting war have been made for centuries, dating The Cong [I] leaders in Sikkim would have us believe that the A back at least to Chinese warrior Sun mandate that gave the SDF 31 of the 32 constituencies was deliv- Tzu in the sixth century B.C. In ered by the EVMs and not the voters. The same leaders also troop to the Governor with the request to evoke powers enshrined in 1865, a Confederate officer was him by Article 371F [!] to check post-poll violence in the State. executed for murdering Union pris- They have instituted an enquiry committee to dig out the moles in oners of war, and others were pun- the SPCC [I] who sabotaged Congress’ chances at the polls. ished. The Geneva Conventions, It is obvious that the message delivered by the people has com- written in fits and starts during the pletely escaped Congress leaders in the State. In fact, it is this very past 150 years, are the most con- communication gap that contributed to its drubbing in the recent polls. certed effort to ban war atrocities Of course, the Congress candidates expected to win. It is obviously At their heart are four interna- the people who did not want them to. And by continuing to find ex- tional accords, signed in 1949 af- cuses everywhere else except in their own failures is only suggestive ter the horrors of World War II. of what awaits them in five years time. 32-0. People are genuinely They list the rights of prisoners of not interested in individual political futures, they care for the collec- war and captured civilians, and tive future of the State. The present Congress leadership in the State ban degrading or humiliating treat- conveniently forgot the people throughout the last term and rather ment. Two protocols in 1977 ex- naively expected anti-incumbency to do the job for them. Two months tended the rules to civil wars. The charge of the Iraqi prison. of sloganeering is just not enough to win the people’s trust for the international Red Cross is respon- Some Pentagon critics say next five years. When you fail as the Opposition, you don’t deserve elsewhere sible for policing them. Rumsfeld set the tone for abusing the government. The Congress wave in the rest of the country has as In setting limits that can prevent IRAQ / USA much to do with the hollowness of the India Shining slogan as it is a prisoners in 2002, when he said result of Sonia Gandhi proving to the people in the past years that the barbarism that has been a hall- U.S. and throughout the world. some Taliban and al-Qaeda mem- she could lead the Opposition bench well. mark of wars throughout history, the Clearly, the sexual humiliation bers captured in Afghanistan were One would have expected the Congress leaders to have un- Geneva Conventions reaffirm a bed- and other abuses by U.S. military not covered by the Geneva Conven- derstood what the people said through the ballot. At a time when it rock American principle: respect for personnel violated the Geneva Con- tions - though the U.S. would treat should be setting its house in order, it is continuing with its confus- basic human rights. That’s why ventions. Whether the mistreatment them as if they were. ing tactics. To credit the SDF sweep to rigged EVMs does not only honoring the conventions also was an isolated incident by a few Whatever prompted the appall- question a policy which has been endorsed and tested all over the honors values that define this nation. soldiers or part of a broader mili- ing behavior in Iraq, putting the country, but also the intelligence of the people. The election manual In the past week, Defense Secre- tary policy is the focus of several conventions back front and center made available to every candidate explains clearly that candidates tary Donald Rumsfeld and other top investigations. is a priority now. Army Maj. Gen. can arrange for a 24hr vigilance over the strongrooms in which U.S. military officials have made a But one conclusion already be- Antonio Taguba, who investigated the EVMs are stored. The Congress has always been alluding belated promise to follow those rules. yond dispute is that the U.S. mili- the abuses last winter, provides a that the administration was hand-in-glove with government in power Rumsfeld underscored that pledge tary hasn’t followed its own strict practical blueprint in his report. and should have thus arranged for a closer watch over the ma- Thursday when he made a surprise training guidelines to ensure that Taguba’s ideas include: chines till the counting process. They didn’t. They are crying foul visit to the Abu Ghraib prison out- everyone abides by the rules to the Displaying the conventions now. Why? For whose consumption? The voters know who they side Baghdad, where U.S. guards letter. While the Pentagon has long prominently in the prisons and voted for and more than 76% voted against Congress. The present abused Iraqi captives. The mistreat- drilled troops in the conventions, making them available to detainees confusion is obviously to distract the 23% Congress supporters ment was captured in photos that it failed to do that when it put hast- in their own language. from the real issue at hand - fixing accountability for the debacle. have stirred a storm of outrage in the ily prepared Army Reservists in - USA Today

-54- longer. He secretly arranged to go and live in ater I explained these circumstances to Chinatown, and without telling me anything Lmy sahib and asked him whether she he put all his things together and one day when might not stay with me for two years in my Living secretly with I was attending my master’s office to serve room, after which time we would marry. tea at a Council meeting, he took all his things “No,” he said, “that cannot be done. Fire and away and left our godown. When I returned I oil can never stay together without burning, Phuphulhamo was astonished to find him gone. and what you ask is impossible for that rea- In the evening when my master came son. The best thing for you to do, is go and home, he looked very angry as I had not told see her parents. Tell them that you ask for When he was convinced that she was a was the son of a very big man with many him the secret of having brought my wife to their permission to marry her after two years.” good girl, he let her stay with me in the houses and servants and that he once had the roof. He was very angry with me for three I was quite willing to do what my master godown, and now the three of us lived to- possessed the sum of twenty four thousand days. This was because a friend had deceived said, as I had to obey him anyhow. At that gether in the same room. It was summertime rupees. Then his life had been very easy and a friend. Mr. Trin Chen had told many kinds time I told Mr. Trin Chen that I was going to and so we two slept together outside. But I not like it was nowadays, for he had been a of stories to my sahib about me: that Twan marry a Tibetan girl from . Then did not tell my master about this, because she master instead of a servant. Sometimes in the Yang was gambling and going too much to he said I should never marry a girl from had not really come to stay evening when his shoulder and spine would the pictures and had brought his wife to his Darjeeling, for these girls were always bad and marry me but would be very painful he would let himself be mas- godown. All these wicked things he told to and would always deceive their husbands. wait two years for that. saged by Phuphulhamo. Then he would boast my sahib like a backbiter trying to separate When I objected and said all wives were not Sometimes she stayed about himself and his former riches, and he the new couple by all means in his power. like that, he replied “My boy what do you with me and some- spoke of all this For three days my master remained so angry know about these things? You do not know times she went back so often that that he practically did not speak to me at all, anything at all. Women are always bad.” He to her adopted sister Phuphulhamo but on the fourth day it seemed as if he had then told me a story to prove his point. Af- Jetty, and so things got nervous made up his mind and he told me to bring terward I could only say, “Yes. Mr. Trin Chen, went on for a month. hearing the same the girl down to him, as he wanted o say this is a very fine story and a very terrible The girl’s coming story so many something very serious to both of us. He told one, but my little girl is not like that at all, to my room gave new times. us that by our foolish work we had done whatever you may say, I will not believe that comfort to Mr. Trin Artist, filmmaker, keen photographer, columnist with Now Mr. something, which could be undone. If he sent she is capable of such evil.” “All right,” said Chen, for whenever international magazines... It’s hard to pin Twan Yang Trin Chen was an Phuphulhamo away, her life would be down. Born to a Chinese father and Tibetan mother, he Trin Chen, “if you do not believe me, you spoiled, and her name would be lost and I he wanted hot water grew up in and worked in Sikkim. NOW! old man, and his had better show her to me that I may see what to wash his face or serializes Twan Yang’s autobiography, Houseboy in India... opium smoking would be unhappy and she also. If he sent she looks like and what her character is, and needed tea in the had weakened her away and I went with her, we would both that I may find out to what family she be- mornings, his body. It was be very unhappy, without a place to stay, or longs.” So one day I brought her to my Phuphulhamo prepared it for him. He was difficult for him to climb to the top of the build- work to do, or money to earn. He said that godown to show her to Mr. Trin Chen, and so content that he began to tell the story of ing by the staircase and he had not sufficient there was, therefore, only one thing to do and Mr. Trin Chen saw that she was not bad look- his own wife, who had always been very good money to give tips to the liftman. So he felt that was to accept the situation. ing and quite young like a green pumpkin. to him and very modest. He told us that he that he did not want to stay in this house any to be continued CMYK  NEWSSCAN 16 May, 2004; NOW! 3 n 15 May 1975, the eve of Sikkim becoming the 22nd OState of India, Kazi Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa re- MEMORIES FROM 29 YEARS BACK ceived a telegram from the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. placed the flag of the erstwhile It read: “The President has as- Chogyal regime and BB Lal, till sented to the Constitution [Amend- then the Political Officer, took oath ment] Bill this morning. My hearti- of office as the first Governor of est congratulations to you and to the the 22nd State of the Indian Union. people of Sikkim on the historic oc- The people’s struggle over many casion. The good wishes of the en- years had gained added momentum tire country are with the people of during the one-year struggle in 1975 Sikkim as they enter a new era of – its culmination was the emergency democracy and constitutional Gov- sessions of the Sikkim Assembly on ernment.” 10 April when it unanimously The next day Kazi replied: adopted the historic resolution for “Please accept our grateful thanks making Sikkim a full-fledged State for your kind telegram which has of the Indian Union. And the refer- been gratefully received by the endum on the resolution on 14 April Sikkimese people for whom this has showed that the people had voted been a day on which their long cher- in favor of the resolution. ished dream has become a reality. On 26 April, both houses of the With good wishes of people of In- Parliament passed the Constitutional Amendment converting Sikkim dia we enter the new era with the [above] THE FIRSTS: The first Gover- utmost confidence and happiness.” from an Associate State to a full- nor BB Lal and the first fledged unit of the Indian Union. And with this Sikkim’s Merger Kazi Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa with the On 16 May 1975, Kazi with India was formalised and ac- members of the first Sikkim Legislative knowledged. Assembly. Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa was The erstwhile Himalayan King- [right] LD Kazi being sworn in as the first sworn in as the first Chief Minister dom of Sikkim had become the 22nd CM of Sikkim on 16 May, 1975 of Sikkim along with his Council State of India by the 38th Amend- the fulfilment of a quarter century of Ministers at the Raj Bhawan, ment Act of the Indian Constitution long struggle of the people of this Gangtok. The new Governor BB in April, 1975. Sikkim thus merged tiny state to become masters of their Lal administered the oath of office with the Indian Union bringing to own affairs. It was on this day that to the newly elected members of the an end the more than 300-year-old Sikkim acquired status of full de- Sikkim Legislative Assembly. The monarchy headed by Chogyal mocracy by joining the political, first State Day was observed on the Palden Thondup Namgyal – the last economical and social mainstream same day. Sikkim celebrates its ruler of the Namgyal dynasty. of the Indian Union. 30th State Day today. 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CMYK 4; NOW!; 16 May, 2004 NEWSSCAN  Assault BHANDARI SEEKS PROTECTION FROM HIGH alleged at COMMAND AGAINST POST-POLL VIOLENCE a Congress press conference, a party high-command to provide the fact, officials from the West dis- Ship a NOW REPORT CHUNGTHANG: A case has been copy of an appeal made to Mr. Tho- necessary protection. trict report that save a “minor” in- registered against eight persons of GANGTOK, 15 May: While the mas, coordinator, North East, In- According to the letter, Sang cident of stone pelting at a Con- Ship, North Chungthang for assault state unit of the BJP has expressed dian National Congress was made Martam alone witnessed 8 gress supporters house [which re- and causing damage to property be- gratitude towards the administration available to the press. incidences of violence on 14 May. sulted in no serious damage or in- longing to one Dongbu Lepcha. Ac- for curbing incidences of post-poll Signed by the SPCC [I] presi- It has also been made known by juries], the west district has re- cording to the complaint made by violence, the Congress state-unit has dent, Nar Bahadur Bhandari, the them that in Geyzing, 18 SDF sup- mained largely peaceful. Dongbu Lepcha, the accused en- taken a diametrically opposing view letter reads: “The SDF party after porters were arrested today, 15 “Who will be targetted in the tered his house on the evening of of the post poll scenario. coming to power under dubious May. It was later revealed by the post-poll violence. All Congress 09 May and started to physically A delegation of the SPCC [I], circumstances, has gone on a ram- authorities that the 18 arrests made leaders and their youth have left assault him. They then ransacked had on 14 May made a submission page. …reports from all over the today at Geyzing were in connec- west district and are camped in his house, causing extensive dam- to the Governor V. Rama Rao on state that our supporters and inno- tion with an incident that occurred Gangtok and given the election re- age. After police investigation, the the subject of post-poll violence cent bystanders have come under on 08 May, two days before the sults there are very few supporters injured persons were sent to the accusing SDF party supporters of attack…” polling and thus did not qualify as of the Congress in the district any- hospital for medical examination. targeting their partymen. Today, at The letter further beseeches to incidents of post-poll violence. In way,” a senior official said. Three of eight accused were ar- rested the same day and released on bail later, it is learnt. IF THE LAND-LINES Sikkim prepares for its ‘first’ LET YOU DOWN, NOW! CAN ALSO BE jeans Tata vehicles dealership REACHED AT available at ANAND OBEROI EXTENSION SALES COUNTERS OF NORTH BENGAL 98320 80753 DEALERS WILL HAVE TO GO ONCE THE Rs. 1.5 98320 34122 REEBOK SHOWROOM GANGTOK, 15 May: The Sikkim Below Bank of Baroda offices of Bajla Motors and Tata CRORE BAGHEY KHOLA DEALERSHIP OPENS 98320 42096 MG Road, Gangtok Lexicon may soon be on their way out. “The companies dealing with -Rangpo stretch of Na- service follow-up along with all the Tata vehicles are not operating very tional Highway 31-A, he informs. required machinery and equipment. legally here,” informs Guru T “Once Nim-Dao starts opera- “Nim-Dao will also provide fi- Ladakhi, CEO, Entel Motors. tions it will be time to say goodbye nance to the customers for purchase INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY “They are running on provisional to Bajla and Lexicon,” adds Mr. of the vehicles. The body building Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110 068 licenses as they are not from Ladakhi. unit will also make it convenient Invites Applications for Admission to the Sikkim, these companies have got According to him, this will be for the customers to get complete Tata dealerships for North Bengal the “first” Tata dealership in the state packages like modified buses, BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (B.ED.) PROGRAMME and what they have here are only that will cater to all the needs of the trucks, tippers etc,” informs Mr. For January 2005 session extension sales counters,” he adds. Sikkimese customer by providing all Ladakhi. The B. Ed. Programme offered by IGNOU is an innovative programme utilis- According to him a dealership the essential departments required Nim-Dao, he claims will not ing self-instructional materials and information technology along with per- means that you have to provide all by a full-fledged dealership. only provide opportunity for local sonal contact programmes. The programme is essentially a judicious mix of the facilities, which he claims the The Tata Group gave the Letter employment, but will also be a big theoretical and practical courses to develop in practicing teachers appropri- two are not doing. of Intent to Nim-Dao in February, bonus for the people getting into He has reasons for being upset. and work has since begun on the the transport sector once the Indo- ate knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes. His new company Nim-Dao is the showroom and workshop. China Trade route is opened. The B.Ed. Programme of IGNOU is recognised by the NCTE vide their Letter sole authorized dealer for Tata com- The exclusive showroom and “A Tata customer will no longer No. F3/DL-83/99/7807-7812 dated 31.05.99. mercial vehicles in Sikkim. The Rs. state-of-the-art workshop will have have to go to Siliguri for anything, Eligibility for Admission: 1.5 crore initial investment project, all the departments like sales, serv- everything will be provided here at i. A Bachelor’s degree or a higher degree from a recognised University. will be open to the State by mid- ice, spares, accessories, etc. It will Baghey Khola,” promises Mr. ii. In-service teachers with two years (2 years) full time teaching experi- July at Baghey Khola, on the offer complete services like post Ladakhi. ence in a primary, secondary/ higher/ senior secondary school recog- nised by the Central or State Government or a Union Territory. The admission to this programme is on the basis of an Entrance Test to be conducted on Sunday, the August 1,2004. ANTIQUES BURGLED IN NAMCHI Duration : 2 years posted in Gangtok. house. Medium of Instruction : English and Hindi PURAN TAMANG According to the SI Namchi Sniffer dogs pressed into action The ‘Student Handbook and Prospectus’ can be obtained from the Regional NAMCHI: A case of theft has been police station, Bijay Subba, three to trace the culprits failed to pick Centre or from Programme Study Centre in person on payment of Rs. 500/ reported from Namchi. According persons suspected of conducting up a scent since it was raining that - in cash or through post by sending an IPO or Demand Draft of Rs. 550/- to reports, the house of K the burglary have been arrested. day. The suspects have been re- drawn favour of IGNOU payable at Gangtok. Please write your name, ad- Wangchuk Bhutia, at Alley Dara, They are Ram Kumar Subba, 30, manded in police custody and all dress and programme on the back of the demand draft. Namchi, was burgled on the night Hari Das Roy, 19, and Shyam check posts have been alerted to The student Handbook and Prospectus is also available on website at http:/ of 13 May. Among the items stolen Biswakarma, 33. The three were guard against the smuggling out of /www.ignou.ac.in. The application form can also be downloaded from were antiques like silver statues of working as carpenters at a nearby the stolen antiques. there and submitted with a demand draft of Rs. 500/- drawn in favour of Buddha [khao] along with Rs. IGNOU payable at New Delhi. 10,000 in cash. The burglars are believed to Last Dates have entered the house by break- Requisition for supply of Prospectus by post : 15 June, 2004 ing open the main door at around DEALS IN ALL Submission of forms at the Regional Centre : 30 June, 2004 midnight when no one was at home Late and incomplete application forms shall be summarily rejected. 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CMYK  POWERPLAY 16 May, 2004; NOW! 5 Leadership failure and organisational lapses led to Cong drubbing, feels Lachungpa THUKCHUK OFFERS TO QUIT BHANDARI REMAINS UNIMPRESSED

Congress had to approach the elec- Congress government at the centre, a NOW REPORT torate of Sikkim after 5 years, it was Mr. Lachungpa welcomed the idea GANGTOK, 15 May: Senior important to accept the defeat saying, “Now that the elections are Congress leader Thukchuk handed to them at this point of time. over we have to be as one for the Lachungpa announced his deci- On the question of whether interest of the Sikkimese people.” sion to resign from the post of more resignations could be ex- He also appealed to the government Chairman, Election Committee, pected from the Congress leaders to ensure that there was no post poll State Congress, at a Press confer- in the state following the poll de- violence in the state. ence here today. bacle, Mr. Lachungpa said that he Mr. Lachungpa also congratu- “I am offering my resignation on had no idea and that it was up to lated SDF party leader, Mr. moral grounds for the poor perform- the individual leaders to decide on Chamling on his landslide victory ance of the Congress in the state as- how they respond to the drubbing. at the just concluded polls and also sembly elections,” Mr. Lachungpa Later, the same day, SPCC [I] extended his gratefulness to all those explained. He however clarified that president, Nar Bahadur Bhandari, who had voted for the congress. he was not quitting from the Con- who appears in no mood to resign, “We will continue to work for and tranquillity as well as maintain former Sikkim Pradesh Congress gress party per se but would con- responding to reports of Mr. the welfare and unity of the people the law and order in the state.” He Seva Dal Chairman, Tsewang tinue to be a party member. Lachungpa’s resignation said, of Sikkim and will extend support further appealed for the abolition Namgyal, who had resigned from On the reasons for the poll de- “That is his [Mr. Lachungpa’s] to the SDF government in their poli- of casteist politics. his post yesterday, welcomed the bacle of the Congress he said, “We lookout. Anyway, it is a futile exer- cies which serve the well being of Mr. Lachungpa further con- SDF offer to support the Congress have to accept the verdict of the cise as there is no longer any need the people of Sikkim,” he informed. gratulated AICC [I] president Mrs. in the Centre. “This shows the po- people. The verdict shows clearly of an election committee with the On the expectations from the Sonia Gandhi for gaining the man- litical maturity of the SDF leader- failure in organisation and leader- polls having been completed.” SDF government, he said, “I expect date of the people and proving her- ship. After all, we all have to work ship of the Congress party.” Meanwhile, on the possibility the SDF government to provide self an able leader. with the best interest of Sikkim and He further reasoned that if the of the SDF party supporting the good governance and ensure peace In another development, the the Sikkimese in mind,” he said. GORKHA LEAGUE TURNS 62, Shocked Bhandari wonders SHARPENS GNLF CRITICISM whether SDF sweep came memorate the 62nd foundation lic could vote thanks to PDF; an- BIRENDRA S. day of the Gorkha League. other victory was that a cornered from the people or EVMs DARJEELING, 15 May: The All Dissecting the pre and post poll Ghising in a state of panic, sup- is learnt. India Gorkha League [AIGL] has scenario, Tamang proclaimed the ported Congress hence the unholy Contd from pg 1 While responding to queries decided to meet the Governor, who Peoples’ Democratic Front’s [PDF] nexus between the GNLF and the into these complaints. seeking his reaction on the Con- is presently camping in Darjeeling victory over the GNLF. The AIGL CPI[M] came to an end and the fi- Another committee set up by gress high-command bypassing the and submit a memorandum de- is a constituent party of the PDF – nal victory was that Ghising by the SPCC [I] is a Disciplinary Com- state unit in seeking SDF support manding that the Darjeeling a 5-party coalition. pledging his support to PDF backed mittee, headed by AK Subba [the at the Centre, Mr. Bhandari said that Gorkha Hill Council [DGHC] be “Ghising panicked and like an Congress candidate had “bowed defeated Congress candidate from Congress did not need the support dissolved immediately. The memo- uninvited guest extended his support down before the PDF.” Soreong], with the task of identi- of the lone SDF MP to form the randum to submitted on 17 Maywill to the Congress candidate, though Meanwhile, Dr. Harka Bahadur fying party members who were re- government in Delhi. He further re- also demand a CBI probe into the the candidate was already being Chettri, AIGL leader from sponsible for the disastrous poll vealed that his central party lead- corruption riddled DGHC. backed by the PDF which is opposed Kalimpong stressed on the need for results of the state Congress and ers were also shocked to hear the Incidentally, a Notification [No. to the GNLF,” said Tamang. intellectual development. He said also to recommend disciplinary ac- results of the Sikkim assembly elec- 60-HA, dated the 25 February, He further alleged that Ghising that the tion against them. tions. Mr. Bhandari also denied the 2004] stated that though the tenure had not being laying low till then failed because intellectuals were A memo on the subject has allegations that the poor showing of the DGHC was scheduled to ex- as suspected but was constantly kept away from it. been prepared by the committee of the Congress in the polls was a pire on 26 March 2004, since the scheming to put PDF in a tight spot. “The agitation brought the most and the same would be handed over result of any weaknesses in the circumstances are impracticable to Ghising had sent his two MLAs to mentally distorted leaders to the to the high command at New Delhi leadership or in the organisational hold elections for the Council be- Delhi to negotiate the ticket for forefront,” proclaimed Dr. Chettri. by a delegation of the SPCC [I], it capabilities of the Congress. cause of the ensuing General Elec- Surendra Parekh instead of Dawa He further alleged that though tions, the tenure was being ex- Narbula as a pre-condition to the Gorkhas had made major con- tended till 30 November, 2004. GNLF support. tributions in the country’s freedom MOBILE!MOBILE!!MOBILE!!! “It is purely unconstitutional to “However, the AICC did not struggle and continued making sac- bestow an 8-month lease of life to give much ear to this as they were rifices for the country to this day,  Easy Instalment Scheme for Salaried individuals the DGHC run by the GNLF which already aware that the PDF was they had never been given the due (Just pay Rs. 1,000 and take away mobile handsets. Ltd. period) has become anti-people, undemo- ready to back Dawa Narbula. They place in the country.  Mobile Phone at Reasonable Prices cratic and corruption riddled. Hence gave the ticket to Dawa Narbula “The British did not acknowl-  No parking problems even after 5 PM we will demand that the Governor and this became PDF’s first vic- edge it nor did the governments that  Connection facility immediately dissolve it and hold tory,” said Tamang. came to power after independence.  Exchange offer available elections,” said Madan Tamang, Counting PDFs’ victory in this What is most heart rendering is that President, AIGL. election against the GNLF, Tamang the same treatment is meted to us Shopping Complex, Tamang was addressing a stated that boycott call given by by our own people. Those who pro- contact: 201006, 94341PRISES 17320 ZING ENTER public meeting today at the Ghising during the past two elec- claim themselves as Gorkha Ra- TEN Darjeeling Chowk Bazar to com- tions ended this time and the pub- jas,” scorned Chettri. Room No. 41, Development Area, Gangtok CMYK 6; NOW!; 16 May, 2004 ELSEWHERE  SORRY.. WE WERE HOAXED, SAYS DAILY MIRROR oming in the wake of allegations of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by of their allegations has been con- that is simply not true. CAmerican soldiers came a series of similar stories in UK’s Daily VOICE OF THE firmed by the Red Cross and Am- Just as the Government turned Mirror newspaper. The paper also carried photographs suggesting such MIRROR: nesty International. But that does its considerable firepower on the abuse by British soldeirs. These photographs were later proven to be “IRAQI POW ABUSE not excuse the publication of those BBC when Dr David Kelly died, so faked and in the furore that it created, the Daily Mirror editor had to photographs. We were the victims it has done the same to the Mirror resign. The paper also took out an apology which NOW! reproduces PICTURES HANDED TO of a hoax. And that led to us hoax- over the allegations of abuse. It is below. While few in Sikkim might actually be interested in what British ing our readers. not an honourable way to behave soldeirs are doing in Iraq or how the British media is covering the war US WERE FAKE” Many people - especially those and is leading to growing disen- there, what is reproduced below is an example of the accountability who serve in the Queen’s Lanca- chantment among the British that every paper owes its readers. That should interest anyone who shire Regiment - will delight in the people.The one thing on which all reads newspapers... tures which we now believe were Mirror’s apology over the hoax sides agree, and from which the t is now clear that the photo not genuine.We also say sorry to the pictures.Others will regret that se- Mirror has never deviated, is admi- graphs the Mirror published of Queen’s Lancashire Regiment and rious allegations of abuse by mem- ration for our armed forces and the IBritish soldiers abusing an Iraqi our Army in Iraq for publishing bers of the British Army in Iraq remarkable job they are once again prisoner were fakes. those pictures. have been diminished by the furore doing. They are the envy of the The evidence against them is The Daily Mirror printed the over the pictures. The Mirror’s ad- world and their reputation for cour- not strong enough to convict in a photographs in good faith. We ab- mission that the photographs were age and honour is unrivalled.A few court but that is not the burden of solutely believed they were what not genuine must not allow the rotten apples will not sully their proof the Daily Mirror demands of we were told they were, otherwise Ministry of Defence to avoid deal- good name as long as they are itself.Our mission is to tell the we would never have printed them. ing with the real issue. rooted out. That is what the Mirror truth.That is something this news- They provided pictorial evi- The Prime Minister, Defence hoped to achieve with these paper has been doing for more than dence of a shocking story of abuse, Secretary and Armed Forces Min- stories.The hoax photographs are a 100 years and will always strive to given to us by two soldiers from the ister have claimed that our photos sad episode in our long and distin- do. If ever we fail, we are letting QLR. Since then, four others have The photographs carried by Daily were hoaxes. They have been guished history. It is now behind down the people who mean most told similar stories. Not only has no Mirror which were later proven to vindicated.But they have also in- us.We look forward to a future in to us. Our readers.So to you today evidence been produced to dis- be forged and led to the resigna- sisted that there was no abuse which we continue to serve our we apologise for publishing pic- prove what they said, but the thrust tion of its Editor on 14 May, 2004 which has not been dealt with and readers in truth and honesty. Jet Airways Passengers enters Nepal Deuba for correction of King’s Oct. 4 move stranded as KATHMANDU, 15 May: With KATHMANDU, 15 May: President Nepal bus the landing of its Boeing 737- of the Nepali Congress [Democratic], 800 aircraft with 154 passengers Sher Bahadur Deuba Friday said that operators stay at the Tribhuvan International he would reject the king’s offer of Airlines, Friday afternoon, Jet premiership if that were made with- off the road Airways became the first Indian out correcting the royal move of Oc- KATHMANDU, 15 May: Hun- private airlines to operate daily tober 4, 2002, that dismissed a demo- dreds of passengers were left flights in Delhi-Kathmandu- cratically elected government. stranded after bus entrepreneurs sus- Delhi sector. Jet Airways is now Deuba made the statement dur- pended bus operation in the eastern the twelfth international airlines ing a program in Pokhara yesterday region of Nepal from Friday. flying to Nepal. afternoon. Reports suggest that large num- Tourism officials and entrepre- Speaking at the program, bers of people were left high and neurs are hopeful that the operation Deuba said, “the crisis in the coun- dry after organizations of bus op- of new flights would help increase try is the result of king’s ambition erators’ cut-off services from the Indian tourist inflow into Ne- to exercise power more than what Dharan for an indefinite period cit- pal and encourage tourism sectors. constitution has granted him.” ing security reasons from yesterday. “At a time when the political par- could there be a reconciliation in such To add more miseries, three ties are raising republican slogans the situation?” questioned Deuba. “The other bus operators – Makalu, Agni king aspires to more power. How king must shed his ego.” and Panas – too have postponed NOW! their daily bus services to and from CLASSIFIEDS eastern region due to increasing in- security on the highway. WANTED a Maruti Kutse Shegu Similarly, in Janakpur and The 49th Day Kutse Shegu of our beloved mother, late Mrs. Yang Doma Car in Good Running Udaypur, bus operators have de- Bhutia [Yundu], who left for heavenly abode on 7 April falls on 25 May. cided to stop the transportation Condition. Recent [The Kutshe Shegu date in another weekly paper has been mistak- service. Sale & Purchase Model. Immediate Pur- enly printed please ignore that date, the correct date in 25 May]. REAL ESTATE chase. Contact : All friends, relatives and well wishers, are requested to join us in DEALS IN SALE & PURCHASE offering prayers for the departed soul at our residence at residence Farmers throw BUILDINGS/ OWNERSHIP FLATS/ 9832032926/ at Tibet Road (above LCC Computers) Gangtok. LAND/ RENTING/LEASE HOTELS 9434012824 We wish to thank all those who stood by us during the time of vegetables on IN SIKKIM & W.B. bereavement and regret our inability to thank them individually. 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All friends, relatives and well-wishers are requested on Mahendra highway to show PLACEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE SALE: to join us in offering prayers for the departed soul at our their agony after they were unable A Sony Digital Camera residence at Tadong, near Maskey Petrol pump. We would to transport vegetables for the Wanted a female graduate for also like to take this opportunity to thank all those who stood fourth consecutive day due to Mao- office operation with computer F717, 5.23 effective mega by us at the time of our bereavement. ists imposed blockade. skills & fluency in English. pixels [with genuine Sony Reports said, some 350 farm- Walk-in Interview at Hotel Karma Tsering Bhutia, Dy.SP (Son) case worth Rs. 3000.] Ninjey Tsering Bhutia (Daughter) ers of Bhandara area in the district Goechala between 11AM to 2 Pm tossed more than 500 quintals of Call: 94341 86263 Karma Doma (Daughter-in-law); Karma Gyaltsen (Son-in-law) on 17th May, 2004 vegetables on the highway. CMYK  ISSUES 16 May, 2004; NOW! 7 IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS STILL PLAGUE SIKKIM the problem has been contained to a content of iodine in the local envi- Centre was set up in Namchi, which the current status of goitre and cre- NAMRATA DEWAN large extent, goitre and cretinism are ronment. When the soil of any area has taken up one of the biggest tinism in the state,” says Mr. Tamang. n 1988-89, a survey conducted still common among many people lacks iodine, the crops too are defi- studies ever undertaken on cretin- Also on the anvil is the Mini Io- by the Indian Council of Medi- of the region. South and West cient in this essential nutrient. Iodine ism. “We have also undertaken dine Monitoring Laboratory for salt Ical Research, Government of Sikkim seem to be more severely deficient environments are common various programs to spread aware- analysis in the district hospitals at India and the State Government on affected than the other districts. in mountainous regions and Sikkim ness on IDD all over the state,” in- Mangan, Singtam and Gyalshing. Iodine Deficiency Disorder preva- Iodine deficiency, one of the too suffers from Iodine deficiency forms Mr. Tamang. The cell also proposes to set up such lence in Sikkim found that more world’s oldest and most devastat- in its soil,” says KM Tamang, Tech- Although recent statistics on laboratories at the PHC level, initially than 50 percent of the population ing nutrition-related health problem nical Officer, IDD Cell. IDD are not available, health offi- at , Ravangla and Pakyong. suffered from goitre, an enlarge- is the leading cause of mental re- Realizing the alarming situation cials admit that it is prevalent in “It is hoped that these initiatives ment of the thyroid gland and 3.46 tardation in the world. In India, 70 in the state, the Health & Family many areas in a high enough ratio will ensure that Sikkim will soon percent from cretinism. Studies million people suffer from IDDs, Welfare Department has taken sev- to be considered serious. become a totally IDD free state. We conducted before and after have with 200 million more at risk. A eral measures to contain the prob- “The IDD Cell will resurvey 3 will continue to educate and bring confirmed that Sikkim falls under 1995 UNICEF report estimated that lem. Iodized salt was introduced to villages in North District, 26 villages awareness to the people about seri- hyperendemic region of Iodine 900 million people around the the whole state in 1985 and entry in East District, 16 villages in South ous health hazards caused by iodine Deficiency Disorders. world suffer from iodine defi- and sale of common salt [non-Io- District and 11 villages in West Dis- deficiency and the importance of eat- Sikkim has lived with the prob- ciency; 5 million of them are cre- dised] was banned in September the trict in the coming year to identify ing iodated salt,” states Mr. Tamang. lem for centuries. JD Hooker, in his tins, with millions more suffering same year. Earlier, in 1982, a State travels through Sikkim in 1847, lesser mental and neurological Goitre Control Cell was set up, write NOW! 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CMYK 8; NOW!; 16 May, 2004 THEFINALONE  today in STALLONE THROWS LEGAL PUNCH he Rocky star, Sylvester the Rocky sequel, but that it fell THE FUTURE, NOW! History TStallone, filed a lawsuit against through after a producer allegedly the studio and a production com- insisted that his son helm the film. ARIES: Improvement in your status and brisk. You may get an opportunity over- 16th May wealth is indicated. You may acquire im- seas. Expenses for an auspicious occa- pany, alleging that he was blocked The Cliffhanger star further said he 1691: Jacob Leisler becomes movable property. You may shift house. sion are indicated. in his efforts to revive the boxing talked to the studio about developing a 1st American colonist hanged The change will be very successful. Hap- LIBRA: Financial strain will be reduced. for treason flick for a sixth musical oeuvre based on piness will prevail. 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