Thursday, Feb 22, 2024 23:30 [IST]
Last Update: Wednesday, Feb 21, 2024 17:54 [IST]
GANGTOK, : A CAP Sikkim delegation led by party president LP Kafley called on
Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at Raj Bhawan on Wednesday and submitted a
memorandum over the State government’s decision to disinvest Sikkim Urja Ltd.
Kafley was
accompanied by party’s senior functionaries Bharat Basnet, BM Ramudamu, Dawcho
Lepcha, Lakpa Sherpa, DB Chauhan, Phuri Sherpa and others, a CAP Sikkim release
informs.
In its
memorandum, the CAP Sikkim has submitted about its indefinite dharna before
Gangtok DAC complex over the Sikkim Urja Ltd disinvestment issue. The party
maintained that the State government took the disinvestment decision in a wrong
manner to sell the Sikkim Urja Ltd to a private company.
The Sikkim
Urja Ltd runs the 1200 Mw Teesta-III hydel power plant which is presently
defunct following the Teesta flash flood of October 2023 during which its dam
at Chungthang was washed away.
As per the
release, the CAP Sikkim stressed that the State government went for
disinvestment without discussions in the State Assembly or consultations with
the affected people of Mangan district.
The
Governor has assured to take up the matter with the Centre, said the CAP
Sikkim.
Meanwhile,
the CAP Sikkim has constituted an 11-member Parliamentary Council for the
upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Sikkim.
Party
president LP Kafley is the chairman of this council with Prashant Babu Chettri
as the member secretary.
