Prem Singh Tamang: How SKM Boss Cemented His Place As Sikkim Chief Minister
NDTV
Prem Singh Tamang, regarded as an able organiser, administrator and fiery politician, rode on a slew of development and welfare measures.
Much waters have flown down Teesta and Rangeet rivers since Prem Singh Tamang rebelled against the then Sikkim chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and subsequently formed his own party, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, in 2013.
Fifteen years after quitting the Sikkim Democratic Front in 2009, he decimated Mr Chamling's party, scripting history by winning 31 of 32 assembly seats in the Himalayan state in 2024. Only twice before, in 1989 and 2009, had political parties, the Sikkim Sangram Parishad and the SDF, respectively, registered such landslide victories.
Fifty-six-year-old Tamang, regarded as an able organiser, administrator and fiery politician, rode on a slew of development and welfare measures, besides his own personal charisma, to massively increase his party's seats and vote share.
