Chamling to take oath as Sikkim Chief Minister today.Byline: ANI Gangtok, May 20 (ANI): A twelve- member new Sikkim Cabinet is being sworn- in here today. Governor Balmiki Prasad Singh will administer the oath of office An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations. and secrecy to Pawan Kumar Chamling Pawan Kumar Chamling (b. 22 September, 1950) is the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Sikkim. He is the fifth Chief Minister of the state, since it joined India in 1975. and his Cabinet colleagues at Raj Bhavan. Earlier, Chamling submitted resignation of his council of ministers to Singh on Tuesday and staked claim to form the next government. Singh invited Chamling to form the next government on the basis of the majority being enjoyed by the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front The Sikkim Democratic Front is the largest and ruling party of the Indian state of Sikkim. The party is led by the Chief Minister — Pawan Kumar Chamling and has ruled the state since 1994. The party consolidated its position sweeping the 1999 and 2004 state elections. (SDF (Standard Data Format) A simple file format that uses fixed length fields. It is commonly used to transfer data between different programs. SDF Pat Smith 5 E. 12 St. Rye NY Bob Jones 200 W. Main St. Palo Alto CA Comma delimited "Pat Smith","5 E. ). On Monday, party's all 32 MLAs met at Chamling's official residence, Mintokgang, and unanimously elected the 59 year-old Chamling the SDF Legislative Party leader. First time MLA Neeru Sewa from West Pendam (SC) seat proposed a resolution for the election of the SDF President as the legislature party leader. Another MLA, C B Karki seconded it. All the other legislators supported it. This will be Chamling's fourth successive term as Chief Minister of the state. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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