Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling is seeking a record sixth term in office in the upcoming assembly elections that will largely see a three-way fight between his Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) led by P.S. Golay and the Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) of former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia.
The two national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, are too in the fray but they are essentially also-rans in this strategic border state that abuts Tibet (China), Nepal and Bhutan.
Although the ruling SDF was with the BJP in the National Democratic Alliance […]
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