GANGTOK: Sikkim Chief Minister and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha leader Prem Singh Golay has decided to explore possibility of filing a review petition in the Supreme Court for expunging reference of Sikkimese Nepali community as ‘foreigners’ in its recent judgement.
The decision comes in comes in response to the ongoing controversy surrounding the use of the label in question, which, when put into effect, disallows the old settlers of community from receiving the benefit of income tax exemption.
During a high-level meeting of the SKM party on Friday at Samman Bhawan in Gangtok, Golay welcomed the judgment that exempts old settlers of Sikkim from income tax, but expressed “deep concern about the mention of the Sikkimese Nepali community as foreigners”.
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