indigenous communities in Sikkim

Sikkim’s Nepali Groups Step Up Demand For Reservation In Assembly

  GANGTOK: A state that has kept over 46 per cent of its Assembly seats reserved for its indigenous communities to ensure their political representation, Sikkim’s complicated political history, competing narratives and complex ethnic-religious compositions have left two major Nepali ethnic groups without any reservation. In the 32-member state assembly, 15 constituencies are reserved — […]