Sikkim: Sikkim Democratic Front leader Ganesh Rai to quit party
First Published: 23rd January, 2022 14:30 IST
Rebel Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) Leader Ganesh Rai, who is currently holding the post of Vice President, South District, will resign from the SDF party on January 24th, 2022. Rai
Rebel Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) Leader Ganesh Rai, who is currently holding the post of Vice President, South District, will resign from the SDF party on January 24th, 2022. Rai is also the husband of former social welfare Minister Tulshi Devi Rai.
The SDF leader has confirmed that he will tender a resignation from all posts and the primary membership of former Chief Minister Pawan Chamling’s led Sikkim Democratic Front.
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Rai will be holding a press conference in Gangtok on Monday during which he may also officially announce the flotation of a new political party.
It needs to be mentioned here that, since former Chief Minister Pawan Chamling returned to the state from Delhi on December 30 after three months in the national capital, the streets of the state have been marked by arson, clashes, and stone-pelting.
Earlier in December, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said that his government would invite the CBI to probe the allegations of corruption against the previous Pawan Chamling-led SDF government.
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