BJP set to win Sikkim Rajya Sabha seat uncontested
The Hindu
BJP nominee DT Lepcha is set to win the Rajya Sabha election in Sikkim uncontested with no other candidate filing the nomination papers
BJP nominee DT Lepcha is set to win the Rajya Sabha election in Sikkim uncontested with no other candidate filing the nomination papers, officials said on January 9.
Mr. Lepcha, the MLA of Gnathang Machong in Pakyong district, would have anyway won the election with the ruling SKM extending support to him. The BJP and the SKM together account for 31 of the assembly's total 32 seats.
The stipulated time for the filing of nomination ended at 3 pm, and only Lepcha's papers were received by the office of the Returning Officer, the assembly secretariat said.
The scrutiny of the nomination papers will take place on Wednesday, it said.
Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and BJP State unit president DR Thapa accompanied Lepcha when he filed his nomination papers at the Assembly.
Mr. Lepcha was a Minister in the previous SDF government, and held portfolios such as Buildings & Housing, and Transport.
In the 32-member Sikkim assembly, SKM has 19 members, BJP has 12 and the SDF has one member.
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