All party meeting rejects Interim Setup formula..Corruption of DGHC fund...

KalimNews: All party meeting rejected Interim Setup proposal of GJMM. A joint meeting called by BJP conclusively rejected the proposal and resolved to formulate its political agenda and activities. PP Paudyal and Dawa Sherpa of BJP, R Moktan of Sikkim Rashtriya Morcha, Amar Lucsom of Gorkha Rashtriya Congress, Shankar Hang Subba of Sikkim Darjeeling Ekikaran Manch, Sawan Lepcha and B S Subba of CPRM,  Laxman Pradhan of ABGL, Gopal Chhetri of TMC  were present in the meeting GJMM was not invited in the meeting. 
Madan Tamang will  file a case in Supreme court against the alleged corruption in the use of DGHC fund in constructional works.Saman Pathak MP also raised his voice for the arrest of all involved in the misuse of fund as disclosed by B.L.Meena administrator of DGHC.

WB Civic Poll on May 30 

TH, Kolkata: The West Bengal State Election Commission announced here on Saturday that elections to 81 civic bodies across the State, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, will be held on May 30. The State Government has been urged to deploy Central forces at every polling booth.

State Election Commissioner Mira Pande said at a press conference that the model code of conduct for the civic elections would come into force from April 26 when the notice of election would be issued, while also inviting nominations. While May 3 is the last day for filing nominations, counting of votes will take place on June 2, she said.

Record voters

A record 8,533,238 electors will be casting their votes this time – a leap of almost seven lakh since the last civic elections when 78.88 lakh voters had voted.

Ms. Pande said voting would take place in 1792 wards across 10,698 polling stations and more than 50,000 polling personnel would be appointed of whom 123 will be observers. Of the 1792 wards, 499 wards are reserved for women candidates, 269 for Scheduled Caste and seven for Scheduled Tribe candidates.

Stating that the West Bengal Government had been requested to make adequate security arrangements for conducting free and fair polls, Ms. Pande said the Commission has also requested the State Government to deploy Central forces at every polling booth to avoid any untoward incident.

Appealing to all people to vote without any fear, she added: “I have also held meetings with leaders of different political parties and sought their cooperation so that there is no law and order problem.”

Rizal appeals SSARC Leaders

Bhutanusa,com April. 17, Bhutanese human rights activist and senior leader  Mr.Tek Nath Rizal has sent a letter  appealing  SAARC leaders and the observers of the summit  to take immediate initiations for the repatriation of Bhutanese  from the refugee camps in Nepal.

Addressed to the SAARC Chairman and Prime minister of Bangladesh, Madam Sheikh Hasina Begum,  Rizal’s letter has brought to the surface reality  the issue of protracted refugee crisis which none of the SAARC nations seem to have discussed seriously  towards resolving it.

He has reiterated the fading reality of gross human rights violation in Bhutan that forced some 100,00 genuine Bhutanese of Nepalese minority out of the country in the early 90s.  At times when Bhutan is  lending its deaf ear towards finding the durable solution to refugee problem, Rizal has written this letter requesting rest of the SAARC member nations to pressurize Bhutan in matter of taking its citizens back in dignity and honor as soon as possible.

The letter has also been sent to observers of the summit — People’s Republic of China, Japan, Korea, United States of America, Islamic Republic of Iran, Mauritius, Australia, Myanmar and the European Union.
The 16th round of  summit is  scheduled to take place in  the country capital, Thimphu from 28 to 29 April, 2010, which Bhutan  is hosting for the first time after a quarter century of the  evolution of SAARC. for viewing the complete letter CLICK HERE