Campaigning ends for simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha polls

Campaigning for simultaneous polls to 32 Assembly seats as well as the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim ended at 5 pm on Tuesday.

The polling will be held on April 11 next.

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) president and chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling addressed an impressive 'Vijay Sankalp Rally' at Jorethang in his native district, South Sikkim where he extorted the gathering to return his party to power for a sixth successive term to ensure peace and security in Sikkim.

The opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president P S Golay and Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) working president Bhaichung Bhutia also held election meetings to wind up two-week long campaigning.

While the SDF and HSP have promised to implement the Universal Basic Income to all people in Sikkim, the SKM has pledged to provide government jobs to all unemployed people within 100 days of the party coming to power.

Those who could not be given given government jobs immediately will get a subsistence allowance of Rs 10,000 per month till for the time being.

There are 150 candidates in fray on 32 Assembly seats, while a total of eleven candidates are in contest on the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim