India News: GANGTOK: Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang's wife Krishna Kumari Rai on Thursday quit as an MLA, a day after taking oath, according to an offici.
BJP did not win any seat in the last assembly elections, in which the SKM came to power. Lepcha along with nine MLAs of the SDF switched over to the BJP, making it the second largest party in the assembly overnight. Later, the BJP also won by-elections to two seats, taking its tally to 12.
The presence of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) MLAs the party in power in the Himalayan state including chief minister P.S. Tamang and some other state ministers, during the nomination, also hinted at a pre-poll alliance between the SKM and the BJP