GEYZING, : Chief Minister PS Golay on Wednesday maintained that opposition
parties and political faction from outside Sikkim were involved in the Samson
Tamang hate speech case.
Addressing the 30thKhas Foundation Day here, the Chief Minister said the opposition parties and those from outside the State financially helped Samson to go into hiding for many days despite diligent efforts from Sikkim Police to trace and apprehend him.
Samson was finally traced and arrested from Bodhgaya last week by Sikkim Police. He is accused of making offensive and hostile remarks against the Khas (Chettri-Bahun) community.
The Chief Minister maintained that the racist remarks of Samson against the Khas community was a deliberate and politically motivated attempt to portray the community in a bad light against other communities and a divisive conspiracy to disrupt the communal harmony in Sikkim.
Golay added that names of several persons involved in the Samson Tamang case have emerged and many things were to get cleared in the case. He informed that the State government would seek five more days of police remand against Samson Tamang to ensure exposure of actual truth in the case.
“Many names have come forward having their hands in Samson Tamang's case and several aspects needed to be dug out. We will seek five more days of police custody of Samson Tamang”, Golay said.
He was speaking on the occasion of 30th Khas foundation day celebration organized by Akhil Sikkim KhasChettriBahunKalyanSangh (ASKCBKS).
Without naming any individual or political group, the Chief Minister said that as a larger part of political conspiracy, Samson Tamang was pushed forward with racial propaganda with a sole aim of creating communal disharmony and rift against Khas community. He expressed that an ill-designed political conspiracy was hatched by the individuals making their bases in places like Siliguri, Darjeeling, Nepal and Assam.
“Conspiracy was hatched at Siliguri, Darjeeling, Assam and Nepal with a political motive of disrupting the communal harmony and toppling the SKM government”, Golay said.
Recording his strong objection to the opposition for dragging his name in the Samson Tamang issue, Golay said that it was illogical to blame him on the issue just on the basis that he belonged from Tamang community. He challenged the opposition to come forward with any evidence of favouring only Tamang community while serving as the Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister alleged that the very people having their involvement in Samson Tamang hate speech case have been intensifying the issue with a vested political agenda and expressed that the opposition sloganeering against the Police department and the State government was just a vent of frustration on failure of their desired political goal.
Warning the opposition party, Golay said that if SKM resorted to 'murdabad' slogan against the opposition as promoted by the opposition against SKM government then the political scenario of Sikkim would be different and difficult. He suggested the opposition not to underestimate SKM party.
The Chief Minister added that instead of commending Sikkim Police for a swift action against Samson Tamang, the opposition is questioning the State police’s credibility by demanding a CBI probe on the case.
“Their (opposition) demands of a CBI probe on Samson Tamang case defines a proverb 'Chorkokhuttakaatbhandakhuttataannu' and reflects their disappointment and frustration”, he said.
The Chief Minister warned the outside political forces not to interfere in the matters pertaining to Sikkim. Such interference would not be tolerated when it puts the dignity of Sikkim at stake, he said.