Gangtok:It’s the 32nd day of the indefinite hunger strike by Members of ACT led by Dawa Lepcha and 20 year old Tenzing Lepcha. Dawa and Tenzing are at STNM hospital.The Chief Secretary on behalf of the Sikkim Chief Minister appealed to ACT, to withdraw its hunger strike, ‘to bring about a congenial atmosphere within which the demands raised by ACT could be examined within a period of one month.’The Chief Secretary, it may be recalled, chairs the high powered committee authorized by the Chief Minister to open talks with ACT and try and resolve the stand off.
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Pressure is mounting on ACT from all sides. After the appeal by the Chief Secretary yesterday, a joint meeting of the Sikkim Lepcha Association and Sikkim Lepcha Youth Association has appealed to ACT to call off the hunger strike at the earliest, ‘to create a congenial atmosphere for dialogue between ACT and the state government. The meeting also welcomed the positive interest shown by the state government on the demands submitted by members of Act.