24 April, 2004; NOW! 1 SBICAR Bharat Sanchar LOAN Saturday, 24 April, 2004 Vol. 3 No. 26 Gangtok Rs. 3 Nigam Ltd. the most convenient option Sanction and disbursement NOTICE It is notified that Telephone in One day Adalat will be held on 28/05/ Lowest interest at 9% 04 at 11 A.M. in the cham- ber of General Manager, No prepayment Telecom, Gtk. The Sub- No processing charge scribers are requested to kindly file their complaints Loan up to 90% regarding (1) excess billing Free accident insurance (2) Service (3) Non-provi- Repayment up to 84 months sion of New Telephone due to various reasons etc. by contact PT Bhutia 98320 35786 20/05/04 addressed to the or Chettri 94340 12824 AO (TR) O/o the GMT/GTK NO SHOW BY KABI-TINGDA CONG CANDIDATE a NOW REPORT SDF ARE ONE UP EVEN BEFORE ELECTIONS, GANGTOK, 23 April: On the fi- nal day of filing nominations, there was early jubilation in the SDF PALDEN “FAILS” TO FILE NOMINATIONS camp, utter confusion in the Cong date for filing nominations. SDF is ing for the formal announcements. [I] office and general dejection already one up without even the “We had no doubts that our can- among the Kabi-Tingda youth. The scrutiny and withdrawal of the WE DESERVED IT, SAYS KAZI didate, TT Bhutia would win, but much-promoted Cong [I] candidate nominations process being over. we had never expected that he from Kabi-Tingda in north Sikkim, Mr. Bhutia, if he had contested, SUPPORTERS CONVINCED would win uncontested,” he said. Palden Bhutia, the Upadhakshya would have gone up against incum- LEADER SOLD OUT In the meantime, there was utter [North] who had defected some bent SDF MLA and minister the district, confirmed over phone As the news spread, there was confusion in the Congress [I] camp. time back from SDF to the Con- UD&HD in the outgoing govern- that since no other party or inde- jubilation at the SDF camp. A senior While senior Congress leaders them- gress and was awarded the ticket ment, Thinley Tshering Bhutia. pendent candidates had filed nomi- SDF leader told NOW! that while selves admitted that this was a result to contest from Kabi-Tingda, failed The DC, North, PS Targain, nations from the constituency, the they had received the news “with of utter lack of organisation or coor- to file his nomination today, the last who is also the returning officer for SDF has won the seat uncontested. great happiness,” they were still wait- turn to pg 6 SDF’s Sangha I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE: CHAMLING GNLF fails to file ticket for nominations on last Namkha Chamling files nomination, day; sparks fear of a NOW REPORT predicts “clean sweep” poll boycott GANGTOK, 23 April: The deci- sion of the ruling Sikkim Demo- BIRENDRA S. cratic Front [SDF] to field a candi- date for the Sangha seat at the elev- DARJEELING, 23 April: The enth hour was more based on the GNLF failed to turn up for nomina- “need of the hour” to “go with the tions today, the last date and has drawn aspirations of the people and up- considerable flak from the opposition. hold the sanctity of Article 371F of On top of this the GNLF leadership the Constitution.” remained tight-lipped, failing to make Yesterday, sitting Sangha MLA, public their stand for the forthcoming Palden Lachungpa had filed his MP elections stating that Subash nomination papers both as a SDF Ghising was likely to announce the and as an independent candidate. GNLF stand in a day or two. Today, the party officially nomi- “This time the GNLF will not nated former Sangha MLA Namkha go in for a direct confrontation with Gyaltsen as its candidate for the the Election Commission by calling Sangha seat, superseding the can- a boycott but they will try to do the didature of Mr. Lachungpa. same thing through their frontal or- “The party decided yesterday ganizations” said Madan Tamang, that we would contest the Sangha Chairman of the PDF. What has seat, even if we still firmly believe given rise to this anticipation is the that politics should not be mixed Traditional minstrels lead the way as Chamling walks to the DC [South]’s office to file his nominations for turn to pg 5 Damthang constituency on 23 April with religion. We had to go in ac- PURAN TAMANG cordance with the aspirations of the people and also dismiss the Oppo- NAMCHI, 23 April: One poll re- try and break this bastion. Today, sition’s allegations that we are sult that does not require a Mr. Chamling completed the for- HONG KONG against the provisions of Article psephologist to predict is who will malities for representing Damthang 371F. Therefore, we nominated Mr. win from Damthang. Chief Minis- for the fifth time as he filed his BAZAAR Gyalsten as our candidate for the ter and SDF president, Pawan nomination paper’s at the DC seat today,” confirmed BB Chamling, has been representing [South]’s office. A huge procession this constituency in south Sikkim of some 2,000 supporters followed Gooroong, political advisor to the Any Item Rs. 90 to Rs. 150 FIRST SDF president. since 1984 and has posted record him as a he walked to the DC’s of- While this decision of the party winning margins in every elections. fice with a group of traditional min- Gift Items, Crockery & Other TIME IN SIKKIM may upset Mr. Lachungpa to some In fact, word has it that for one elec- strels leading the way with their Attractive Goods! extent, he will have to accept the tion, he sponsored an Independent brand of folk music. judgement of the party high command. candidate to contest against him Speaking to journalists after fil- “It is only natural for Mr. when none from the political par- ing his nominations, Mr. Chamling HOTEL BAYUL, MG MARG, GANGTOK turn to pg 5 ties thought it worthwhile to even turn to pg 5 CMYK 2; NOW!; 24 April, 2004 ED-SPACE GAY-DOLF HITLER AS Hitler gay? Hard to the whole romantic conclusion ecuted gays with a coinciding di- NOW! know, but one thing’s pleased him greatly.” rective that it should remain secret? FIRST WITH THE NEWS Wfor sure - here’s one his- Of course, there was the whole Was fear of being outted the toric figure that gay groups aren’t male homoeroticism of the ideal- reason Hitler had thousands and Idle hands looking to lay claim to - and nei- ized giant nude statues which Hit- thousands of gay men thrown into ther is anyone else aside from, say, ler, er, erected all over Germany. concentration camps after he had Finally the politicians are waking up to the fact that the youth can the KKK and the Neo-Nazis Then there was Hitler’s conclu- his close [openly gay] friend, a pri- contribute more than just muscle to their plans for power. The 18-30 Tonight’s riveting Cinemax sion that his experiences in WWI vate army commandant, Ernst age-group makes up for nearly 40 per cent of the voting population. reel, “The Hidden Fuhrer: Debat- showed him the “meaning of a glo- Rohme, murdered in cold blood Since this group is also in the age when they are still quite idealistic and their outlook not yet coloured with scepticism, they are also ing the Enigma of Hitler’s Sexual- rious male community.” This is along with 150 witnesses at the more particular about using their votes. Both, the SDF and the Cong ity,” is a documentary that explores what he concluded from several hotel where Rohme was staying? [I] have a healthy mix of young faces to support the older veterans areas of the Fuhrer’s life that, for years on the front of in the fray for the elections. Both have also made promises for the whatever reason, the Nazi Party one of the most hor- young and there seems to be some genuine effort at trying to un- chief wanted to keep hidden. rific wars of all time? derstand the needs and aspirations of Sikkim’s youth. With information from a best- When Hitler Interestingly, almost every candidate, every party and every youth selling book, “The Hidden Hitler” by himself, has identified unemployment as the biggest problem. Eve- Lothar Machtan, as well as footage ryone also has a solution to offer, but while most are going the easy and readings from letters and docu- was way of promising more jobs, only the SDF manifesto takes the solu- ments of the era, the filmmakers, ar- tion-finding process a step further by announcing plans to intro- Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, rested early on in his duce vocation training in school from the next session. Whether explore the private life of der Fuhrer. career, he shared a cell they can pull it off or not, we will have to wait and see. To create And they come away with some quite with Rudolph Hess more posts in the government and appointing more people on gov- compelling information. [known at the time as ernment largesse is definitely not the solution. There is something Like? “Frauline Anna”], intrinsically paradoxical about the term, “educated unemployed.” If Like the fact that from the age who became one of a person is really educated, then there is no way he/ she can re- of 16 through 19, Hitler’s best his closest allies. main unemployed. And yet they do. The problem is thus not one of buddy, August Kabizek, received They were repri- enough jobs, it is of incomplete education.