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SDF ticket hopefuls join Congress
Gangtok, Apr 10: The announcement of the final list of assembly candidates by the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) on Monday last has triggered desertions in the party by disappointed ticket aspirants.
Gangtok, Apr 10: The announcement of the final list
of assembly candidates by the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)
on Monday last has triggered desertions in the party by
disappointed ticket aspirants.
They are joining the opposition Congress led by former
chief minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari, who is trying to cash in
on the ticket turmoil in the rival camp by not just welcoming
the SDF dissidents into the party fold but also fielding them
from the constituencies of their choice.
There have been three desertions by ticket hopefuls so
far from the SDF, including those of D B Gurung, Sherahang
Subba and Kunga Nima Lepcha, who have all been taken into
Congress fold and given tickets from seats they wanted to
contest from.
While Gurung has entered the fray from Geyzing, Subba and Lepcha are contesting from Dentam and from Assam-Lingzey respectively.
All these leaders joined the Congress soon after they failed to make it to the last list of the SDF nominees earlier this week.
Their candidature was announced by the Congress at a well-attended campaign meet in Geyzing yesterday, party sources here said.
Bureau Report
While Gurung has entered the fray from Geyzing, Subba and Lepcha are contesting from Dentam and from Assam-Lingzey respectively.
All these leaders joined the Congress soon after they failed to make it to the last list of the SDF nominees earlier this week.
Their candidature was announced by the Congress at a well-attended campaign meet in Geyzing yesterday, party sources here said.
Bureau Report