GANGTOK, : LP Kafley, the former founding president of Citizen Action Party
(CAP) Sikkim, today said it was the one-man leadership in the party that
prompted him and his colleagues to resign from the CAT Sikkim.
“The
CAP Sikkim’s constitution lays focus on collective leadership but this founding
principle was violated making the party a single leadership operation which
prompted us to resign,” said Kafley and his group at a
press meet here on Monday.
“For
collective leadership, there are supposed to be 10 working presidents but all
the posts are vacant after the 2024 election. The party currently only has vice
presidents making the party be led by the president alone. The vision and
concept of collective leadership was completely diluted which caused us to
resign from the party,” said the former president.
The
other founding reformist principles of CAP Sikkim was the party being flagless
and no sloganeering but lately sloganeering is rampant in the party and we are
sure that soon the party will also have a flag system while diluting its
constitution, said the former president.
Kafley
contended that the opposition’s role does not lie in only opposing the
government but also to extend support in areas of public interest.
“In
case of ST status demand of the 12 left-out communities, the State government
has taken initiatives involving all the stakeholders but CAP Sikkim has only
been opposing. The issue of tribal status involves the majority of the State’s
population and the CAP has to extend its support in the greater interest of the
State instead of opposing and hindering the process,” said Kafley.
“The
meeting held by the State government for the 12 left-out communities on ST
status demand at Siliguri was questioned by the CAP Sikkim president. He also
met a legislator of West Bengal which shows his double standard,” said Kafley.
I
don’t see any development of the party under the current leadership, said
Kafley.
