10 Sikkim MLAs cross over to BJP |
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has received another shot in the arm as 10 MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) have joined the BJP today in New Delhi. This comes as warning signs for former Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, who is also the head of SDF. Pawan Kumar Chamling is one of the longest serving chief minister of Sikkim and also of India. Under his leadership, the Sikkim Democratic Front won repeated assembly elections with significant majority. The 10 MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the BJP on Tuesday in presence of BJP`s working president JP Nadda and BJP general secretary Ram Madhav. As for the BJP, things could not have been better. From being a party with zero MLAs and 1.63 percent vote share to now having 10 MLAs and a large chunk of the vote share, it`s a win-win situation. Till now, Sikkim was the only state in Northeast India where the BJP was not in power. All other states have governments which are run by partners of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a special alliance of regional parties formed by the BJP to improve its footprints in the Northeast.
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