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Prem Singh Tamang Golay was convicted of corruption and should have been disqualified from contesting an election for six years. But the Narendra Modi-led Union government repealed a key clause in the Representation of the People Act, allowing the BJP ally to become Sikkim’s chief minister.
The Supreme Court, hearing a case about income tax exemption, observed that the state's majority community – Sikkimese Nepalis – were "persons of foreign origin". After statewide outrage, it has now agreed to amend the section.
In power in Sikkim for 25 years, but wracked by defections, Sikkim Democratic Front finds itself with a lone MLA – Pawan Chamling – now. The party’s vice-president and former Lok Sabha MP from the state, Prem Das Rai, says not all is lost.