EPCS delegation meets CM

EOIC, Gangtok, 25 August 2013: Around 40 members of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim from all the four districts of the state led by MLA Menlom Lepcha, Rev PS Tingbo and Moderator Rumom Molommu today called on chief minister Pawan Chamling at his official residence Mintokgang. 

Lepcha expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the chief minister for his support to the EPCS as also for the assistance he has extended to the entire Christian community of the state.

The delegates also submitted some of their pending demands and the chief minister assured full cooperation and support from him and his government. He informed them the government has already sanctioned Rs1 crore and other grants for an EPCS church being constructed in PNG School here in the capital.

Chamling noted that Sikkim is not only the most peaceful state in India, but also a model of a real secular state, adding his government has worked tirelessly towards making the state an example in more than one ways.

“We've always kept and secured the interests of all people and associations practicing different faiths in the state and will continue to do,” he reiterated.

The chief minister appealed to the delegates to participate actively and contribute in maintaining the goodwill of the state that his government has created and urged them to spread the message that the government has not left any stone upturned to uplift the weaker sections of society, especially by stressing on education.

(Courtesy & Source of news: Echo of India http://echoofindia.com/gangtok-epcs-delegation-meets-cm-36569)