Dorjee Tshering Lepcha

Dorjee Tshering Lepcha
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 February 2024 (2024-02-24)
Preceded byHishey Lachungpa
ConstituencySikkim
Member of Sikkim Legislative Assembly
In office
16 May 2014 – 23 February 2024
Preceded byL. M. Lepcha
Succeeded byPamin Lepcha
ConstituencyGnathang Machong
In office
May 1994 – May 2009
Preceded byChamla Tshering Bhutia
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyMartam
Personal details
Born1957 or 1958 (age 65–66)[1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (from 2019)
Other political
affiliations
ChildrenPamin Lepcha (daughter)

Dorjee Tshering Lepcha better known as D. T. Lepcha[2]is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician and a Member of Parliament at the Rajya Sabha from Sikkim. He has been elected in Sikkim Legislative Assembly election in 2014 and 2019 from Gnathang Machong constituency as candidate of Sikkim Democratic Front but later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was minister of Sikkim Public Works (Buildings & Housing) and Transport in Pawan Chamling fifth ministry from 2014 to 2019.[3][4][5][6]

Dorjee Tshering Lepcha was declared as Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajya Sabha candidate from Sikkim for upcoming elections to be held on 19 January 2024.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ https://myneta.info/sikkim2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4607
  2. ^ PTI. "BJP's D T Lepcha wins Sikkim Rajya Sabha seat uncontested". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  3. ^ "BJP now main opposition party in Sikkim even without winning a single seat". The Economic Times. ANI. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ 10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP
  5. ^ Ten SDF MLAs join BJP: Sikkim may be headed towards Arunachal Pradesh route, as mass crossovers leave ex-CM in the lurch
  6. ^ Myneta
  7. ^ The Hindu (7 January 2024). "BJP names D.T. Lepcha as candidate for Rajya Sabha election in Sikkim". Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  8. ^ Northeast Live (7 January 2024). "Sikkim: Former minister and 5-time MLA DT Lepcha is Bjp's RS Candidate". Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  9. ^ NDTV (12 January 2024). "BJP Candidate DT Lepcha Wins Lone Sikkim Rajya Sabha Seat Uncontested". Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.