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The BJP appeared to be hedging its bets by not projecting a chief-ministerial face in its poll campaign. Instead it had fielded several veterans including Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar and the party stalwart Kailash Vijayvargiya, who is also considered Chouhan's rival, in the state polls.
Bhaichung formed the Hamro Sikkim Party in 2018 to take on Chamling — the longest-serving chief minister in India — but by a quirk of fate, ended up being a part of the SDF
Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia merged his Hamro Sikkim Party with the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), led by Pawan Chamling. Bhutia, previously with the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, cited the SDF's cleansing of corruption and advocacy for Sikkim as reasons for joining. Despite prior support for the ruling party, Bhutia criticized its failure to bring promised changes. He compared his alliance with SDF to Messi's link with Argentina for winning the World Cup, marking his political journey from the Trinamool Congress to establishing Hamro Sikkim Party.
Bhaichung Bhutia, the legendary footballer, joined the opposition Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) led by former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling. He
'Our party has formed relief cells and we are fanning across the affected areas holding camps and providing relief. They are simply afraid of us. In this hour of crisis, relief issues should not be politicised', said P.D. Rai, vice president of Sikkim Democratic Front