Sikkim Elections: Golelai Chamling Fear, Chamling Gole

He is afraid of former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, who is at stake to win from one of the two constituencies. Tamang is worried that Chamling has returned and the chair has been taken away.

Chamling, who has nominated from Poklok-Kamrang in Soreng, is also afraid just like Gole. Chamling is afraid that Gole's government will be 'ruined' again. These top leaders of the two big parties in Sikkim are only afraid of each other. They have no particular fear of any other party. The fear is that Chamling will be shot and Chamling will be shot,' said Shekhar Seva, the former president of All Sikkim Scheduled Caste Welfare Association, 'The competition between these two parties is to see who will win more seats and form the government.'

In Sikkim, the only Himalayan state with Nepali-speaking majority in Northeast India, the 11th Assembly and 18th Lok Sabha elections are being held on the same day on Friday. 146 candidates, including 6 from 6 parties in the Lok Sabha and 8 independents in the assembly elections, have entered the election field. According to the Chief Election Office Gangtok, about 4.5 lakh voters will vote in this hilly state with a population of around 7 lakh.

Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling party of the center which has come aggressively this time, has given candidature in all 31 regions except Lachen-Mangan region of North Sikkim. Dinesh Chandra Nepal has also been nominated for one seat in the Lok Sabha.

Although the voters of Sikkim are not positive towards the BJP, Gole's party advisor Birendra Tamling claimed. He said, "Many areas have nominated candidates, but BJP's chances of winning are very low."

According to him, the people of Sikkim do not seem to have much faith in the 'foreign party'. In the past, non-regional parties in Sikkim have not won either the Assembly or the Lok Sabha at any level.

'Local parties want to develop Sikkim, but Delhi's party does not,' a voter Rustam Gurung said, 'We need development here. It is difficult to bring development by winning the party of Delhi.'

According to BJP's Sikkim spokesperson Navin Bhattarai, among those who submitted their candidature, they claimed to win at least 10 seats this time. Bhattarai said on the phone, "BJP is not weak this time like in Sikkim in the past, it has become stronger."

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha and Sikkim Democratic Front have nominated candidates in all 32 seats. Indian National Congress has fielded candidates in 12, Independent Party in 8 and others in 31.

In the one-seat Sikkim Lok Sabha, the ruling party has again fielded Indrahang Subba. He had defeated Premadas Rai of Sikkim Democratic Front, the party of former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, in the previous election. Rai has become a candidate again this time.

In 2014, Rai defeated Teknath Dhakal of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha and became a Lok Sabha MP. "The possibility of central parties winning the Lok Sabha is very low," said Prakash Adhikari, a journalist from Sikkim, "There is a history of regional parties always winning."

Sikkim is more heated than the Lok Sabha elections because of the state assembly elections.

In the assembly elections, it is estimated that there will be a bipartisan competition between Chief Minister Premsingh Tamang's (PS Gole) party Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamlid's party Sikkim Democratic Font (SDF).

In the previous election, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, which emerged in 2014, defeated the nearly 30-year-old Sikkim Democratic Front and formed the government by winning 17 out of 32 seats. SDF won 15 seats and became the opposition party in the assembly.

In 2014, when SDF won 23 seats, SKM was reduced to 9 seats. Chamling, who has been the chief minister since 1994, was deposed by Gole in 2019. Chamling, the fifth Chief Minister of Sikkim, also made the record of the first Indian to sit on the Chief Minister's chair for the longest time.

The small geography of Sikkim covered in 7 districts has 4/4 in Galjing and Soreng, 8 in Namchi, 7 in Gangtok, 5 in Pakyong, 3 in Mangan and one religious seat. This time the Soreng area will be a bit more interesting. In this area, Chief Minister Gole, former Chief Minister Chamling and footballer Bhaichung Bhutia have become candidates. Gole has become a candidate from Soreng-Chakung region, Chamling from Poklok-Kamrang and Bhutia from Barphung region. Gole and Chamling's party has given candidature in all 32 constituencies. BJP, which had fielded candidates in 12 constituencies in 2019, has fielded candidates in 31 constituencies this time.

Chamling along with Bhaichung

Politically active ex-captain of the Indian football team Vaichud Bhutia was a candidate through our Sikkim Party (HSP) last time. This party, which was formed under his leadership in 2018, merged with Chamling's SDF shortly before this election. In the past, he was trying to defeat Chamling, but now he is close to Chamling.

Bhaichung became the Trinamool Congress candidate from Darjeeled in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and was defeated by BJP leader SS Ahluwalia. After the

, in 2016, he again contested from Siliguri in the West Bengal assembly election from the Trinamul Congress, and that time too, he was showered with prayers. He was defeated by Ashok Bhattacharya, an old left wing leader of Bengal. After losing both the elections, he went to Sikkim and formed a party and contested in the previous elections, but after not getting the expected success, he joined the former Chief Minister Chamling and became a candidate for the fourth time.