SKM, BJP common candidate confident of winning Gangtok seat

The Northeast Today

बुकमार्क

17-Oct-2019
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  • Senior BJP leader and SKM, BJP combine candidate for Gangtok constituency, YT Lepcha has expressed confidence that people of the capital city of Gangtok would steer him to a historic win for the saffron party in the upcoming assembly by-polls.
  • The by-polls for three assembly constituencies of Poklok Kamrang, Gangtok and Martam Rumtek is seen as the acid test for SKM BJP combine.
  • The ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha(SKM) leaving two out of three seats for the BJP.
  • National parties have fared poorly in regional parties dominated the political landscape of Sikkim with long governments of regional.
  • BJP candidate from Gangtok, YT Lepcha has lashed out at opposition parties “for fanning unwarranted fear” among the public of dilution of Sikkim’s special clause in the constitution Article 371(f).

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