Sikkim, June 10: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha supremo Prem Singh Tamang took oath as chief minister for a second straight term on Monday. Governor Lakshman Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to Tamang and his Council of Ministers during the swearing-in ceremony at Paljor stadium. The council of ministers in Sikkim has a strength of 12 members, including the chief minister.

Tamang, 56, who spearheaded the SKM’s victory in the assembly polls and the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim, was unanimously elected the leader of the legislature party during a meeting on June 2.

The SKM won 31 of the 32 assembly seats in the polls, which took place simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. Tamang won from both Rhenock and Soreng-Chakung constituencies that he contested.

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