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After days of protest across Sikkim, the state government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court's for rectification of the court's observation that Sikkimese Nepalis were people of foreign origin. The protesters had set a deadline of seven days for the state government to act.
The main opposition party, Pawan Kumar Chamling's Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), has called for a 48-hour bandh starting today. Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has also called for an emergency session of the Assembly on February 9.
Nepalis are the majority community of Sikkim, apart from Lepchas and Bhutias.
