Sikkim Chief Minister and SKM supremo Prem Singh Tamang is contesting from Soreng-Chakung and Rhenock assembly seats in the upcoming elections instead of Poklok-Kamrang. He is banking on his government s welfare measures to win, facing a multi-cornered contest. The elections for the Sikkim Assembly and Lok Sabha seat will take place on April 19.
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Sikkim chief minister P.S. Tamang (Golay) declared on Sunday that two new districts Soreng and Pakyong would be created by carving out the existing West and East districts, respectively, by next year.
Speaking at the foundation stone-laying of a community health centre (CHC) at Soreng, Golay said the upgrade of Soreng and Pakyong subdivisions to districts could have happened this year itself, but couldn’t because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We will upgrade Pakyong subdivision and Soreng subdivion to districts by 2022,” he said.
Sikkim now has four districts.
The chief minister, who was born in Soreng and had represented the Chakung Assembly constituency from the area for three terms, said he was in favour of upgrading the subdivision not because it is his birthplace, but because both in terms of its geographical area and population, the place deserved to be a district. “Even before the formation of our government, we had declared it in our election manifesto,” he sai