Sikkim CM Pawan Kumar Chamling.(File photo) PTI | Gangtok | Jul 6:Sikkim has reportedly decided to file a case against the West Bengal government at the Supreme Court, alleging heavy loss of revenue because of the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland. Sources say the Sikkim government assesses that it has lost around Rs 60,000 crore over the past 32 years because of the statehood protests. The report emerges a day after Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling strongly condemned recent attacks on Sikkim-registered vehicles at Siliguri in West Bengal. "The people of Sikkim did not merge the state with the Indian union to become a sandwich between China and Bengal," Mr Chamling said at a public function. The attacks started after the Chief Minister supported the Gorkhaland demand and also wrote to Home Minister Rajnath Singh calling it a "justified long pending demand" of the people of the Darjeeling hills. Mr Chamling asked people not to panic ...
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