Patil to fly in for hurricane tour

The Home Minister Mr. Shivraj Patil will reach Gangtok tomorrow with a tight schedule for his three days stay in Sikkim. The ruling Govt. of Sikkim will present a detail memorandum on the important issues like the seat reservation for the Limbus and Tamangs and the increase of assembly seats from 32 to 40 and some other important economic issues related to the state.

The home minister is expected to visit the Smritivan and Himalayan Zoological Park after lunch at Raj Bhavan. He will also inaugurate the flower festival at Whitehall complex and visit the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology at Gangtok. In tomorrow evening the home minister will meet with Chief Minister of Sikkim Mr. Pawan Chamling and the other governing body of the state cabinet. A meeting with the general officer commanding, 17th Mountain Division Mr. Avadesh Prakash will follow on the same day. The Home Minister will fly to Namchi on Sunday and there he will visit the statue of Guru Rimpoche at Samdruptse in South Sikkim. He will also visit the Teesta Stage Project of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation at Balutar. A meeting will be held on the Sunday evening with the state congress president Mr. Nar Bhadur Bhandari and a 28 member delegation when he visits the party headquarter at Jeewan Theeng Marg. He will also inaugurate the upgraded Palzor stadium and attend a public reception at the Tashi Namgyal Academy on the same day. On Monday the home minister will leave for Agartala after flying to Nathula.

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