Kunga Nima Lepcha is an Indian politician in

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

. He is the acting president of

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (translation: ''Sikkim Revolutionary Front'') is a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim which was the ruling party of Sikkim in 2020. P.S. Golay, a former member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, was one of ...

(SKM), incumbent member of

Sikkim Legislative Assembly The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Sikkim States and territories of India, state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the Sikkim state. History Sikkim be ...

and the state Minister of

Prem Singh Tamang ministry This is a list of ministers from Prem Singh Tamang cabinet starting from 27 May 2019. Tamang is the leader of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, who was sworn in as the 6th Chief Minister of Sikkim on 27 May 2019. Council of Ministers See also * Go ...

Political career

At first, Kunga Nima Lepcha was the member of the ruling party,

Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. It was the ruling party in Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019. History The party was founded by Pawan Kumar Chamling in 1993. It has ruled the ...

(SDF). In January 2004, he seceded from SDF and joined

Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee The Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee (SPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Sikkim, India. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting ...

(SPCC: Sikkim branch of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

(INC)). He became the spokesperson of SPCC at the later date. In

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

2009 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election The Sikkim Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state for all 32 legislative assembly seats along with the third phase of 2009 Indian ...

, he stood as the candidate of INC from Shyari constituency, but he lost and became a runner-up candidate in both elections. In 20 April 2013, Kunga Nima Lepcha was elected to the president of SPCC after his predecessor,

Nar Bahadur Bhandari Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of the state of Sikkim from 1979 to 1994. He was the founding leader of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad. He was popularly remembered f ...

's secession. However, in March 2014, Kunga Nima Lepcha seceded from SPCC and joined

(SKM) which was led by

Prem Singh Tamang Prem Singh Tamang (born 5 February 1968), better known as P. S. Golay, is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Sikkim and founding leader of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM). Before forming the party, he was a key member of ...

(P. S. Golay). In

2014 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election The election was held on 12 April 2014 for 7th assembly of Sikkim, the northeastern state of India. It elected 32 members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly. Background Pawan Chamling led SDF had already formed the previous four governments in Si ...

, he stood as the SKM candidate from Shyari and won the seat. In December 2015, 7 SKM Members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly defected to the ruling party SDF, but 2 other MLAs of SKM, Kunga Nima Lepcha and

Sonam Lama Sonam Lama is an Indian politician and monk in Sikkim. He is the State Minister RDD, Cooperative Depart of Sikkim Political career Sonam Lama stood as the candidate of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) from Sangha constituency in the 2014 Sikkim ...

stayed with their party. In

2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim on 11 April 2019 to elect the 32 members of the ninth Legislative Assembly. The term of the ninth Sikkim Legislative Assembly ended on 27 May 2019. Schedule of election Results Results (Pa ...

, he was nominated to 2 constituencies (Shyari and

Gangtok Gangtok is a city, municipality, the capital and the largest populated place of the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the headquarters of the East Sikkim district, Gangtok District. Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an e ...

). He won in both constituencies and SKM obtained the political power in Sikkim. He was appointed to the Minister of Human Resource Development, Law, Legislative & Parliamentary affairs and Land, Revenue and Disaster management in P. S. Golay Cabinet.P.S. Golay sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister
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