SIKKIM'S
CHAMLING BECOMES LONGEST-SERVING CM IN THE COUNTRY
Pawan Chamling
was sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister for a record fifth time along with
11 ministers by Governor Sriniwas Patil on
Wednesday.
Last week, SDF won the assembly polls by a two-third
majority with 22 of its lawmakers being elected to the 32 member House.
In power since December 12, 1994, 63-year-old Mr Chamling has already completed
two uninterrupted decades as the chief minister of Sikkim.
He surpasses the record of former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu of being the longest
serving chief minister of the country.Mr Basu had ruled West Bengal for
23 years from 1977 to 2000.
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