Citizen Action Party – Sikkim

The Citizen Action Party – Sikkim is a Political Party (Registered and Recognised Regional Political Party with Election Commission of India) in Indian Union. The party being a regional one is active in the Indian state of Sikkim. The Party was formed in January 2023 after the state wide Sikkim Sudhar Sankalpa Yatra (Sikkim Reform Resolution journey) held under banner of Reform Call. Ganesh K Rai, a former Chairman Sikkim Cooperative Union and Panchayat President Mellidara GPU and supporters of former Sikkim Democratic Front leader Ganesh Kumar Rai led the reform movement after 2019 election. At its founding, Rai claimed that the party would forgo traditional elements of political parties in Sikkim and would have no party flag, political slogan and finance itself without the use of bank loans. The party claims to be a grassroots movement and to be financed through crowdfunding.

The CAP - Sikkim is focussed on a reformist agenda. In its manifesto for the 2024 state election in Sikkim, it promised to eliminate the state debt of Sikkim within 10 years, to stop investing state funds in the Teesta-IV hydel power project and attract investments to the state. In constitutional matters, the CAP - Sikkim supports reserved seats in the state assembly for minorities and the autonomous status of Sikkim within India.