Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | |
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| Abbreviation | SKM |
| Chairman | Prem Singh Tamang |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | Indra Hang Subba |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Indra Hang Subba |
| Treasurer | Pravin Kr Agarwal |
| Founder | Prem Singh Tamang |
| Founded | 4 February 2013 |
| Split from | Sikkim Democratic Front |
| Headquarters | Ghaley Compound, Tibet Road, Gangtok – 737101, Sikkim, India. |
| Student wing | SKM Students' Wing |
| Youth wing | SKM Youth Wing |
| Women's wing | SKM Women's Wing |
| Labour wing | SKM Labour Wing |
| Peasant's wing | SKM Agriculture Wing |
| Ideology | Conservativism (India) Sikkimese nationalism Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Red |
| ECI Status | State party[1] |
| Alliance | NDA (2019–present)[2] NEDA (2019–present) |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Seats in Sikkim Legislative Assembly | 32 / 32 |
| Number of states and union territories in government | 1 / 32 |
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| www.sikkimkrantikarimorcha.org | |
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (translation: Sikkim Revolutionary Front) is a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim which is the ruling party of Sikkim since 2019.
P.S. Golay, a member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, was one of the prominent figures of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) and was a minister in the government of Sikkim. Since December 2009 he has been a vocal critic of Pawan Kumar Chamling, the President of the SDF and the former chief minister of Sikkim.[3] He started the party Sikkim Krantikari Morcha on 4 February 2013. Golay became the Chief Minister of Sikkim on 28 May 2019, thus ending the 25-year-rule of Chamling.[4][5] In 2024 general elections Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party secure massive victory of 31 seats out of 32, later in the month of July 2024 the sole MLA of opposition Sikkim Democratic Front Tenzing Norbu Lamtha also joined to Sikkim Krantikari Morcha making opposition less Sikkim Legislative Assembly.
- ^ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (26 May 2019). "SKM stakes claim to govt., joins NDA". The Hindu. Kolkata. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Himalayan Mirror, 5 February 2013, p.1. Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
- ^ "Who is P.S. Golay, the new chief minister of Sikkim". The Hindu. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "New Sikkim Chief Minister PS Golay announced 5-day working week for government employees". India Today. 28 May 2019.