With no star campaigner for the BJP in Sikkim, where Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held on April 30, the party’s State unit is feeling let down. A number of high-profile BJP leaders like Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Shatrughan Sinha and Bollywood star Hema Malini visited Darjeeling to solicit support for former Defence and […]

Gangtok: Only one candidate on Thursday filed nomination on the first day of the filing of nomination for the assembly and parliamentary polls in Sikkim to be held on April 30 next, an election department official said.
CPI(M) candidate Punya Prasad Koirala filed his nomination from Namcheypong assembly constituency, the Additional Secretary D K Pradhan said.
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Gangtok: In a bid to revive unity among the opposition parties, two regional parties Sikkim Nationalist Peoples Party (SNPP) and Sikkim Jan Ekta Party (SJEP)have come together to cobble up yet another forum United Sikkim Alliance(USA) to fight the assembly and parliamentary polls.
The USA will seek to oust the Chamling government from power by preventing […]