Gangtok, Oct 5: The 84th beginning anniversary of former chief minister of Sikkim late Nar Bahadur Bhandari was commemorated on Saturday at Gangtok.
The occasion was attended by Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Golay and cupboard ministers.
Bhandari born in 1940 in Malbasey, Soreng district, served because the second Chief Minister of the State from 1979-94, changing into the primary CM of Nepali origin.
He was the founding chief of Sikkim Sangram Parishad (SSP) began in 1984. Previous to SSP, he additionally based the Sikkim Janata Parishad in 1977 which he dissolved in 1984.
SSP went on to win all 32 seats, a uncommon feat then, within the 1989 State elections.
He additionally served as a Member of Parliament within the Lok Sabha briefly in 1984 within the eighth Lok Sabha as an unbiased candidate.
In 1994, Bhandari misplaced a vote of confidence within the state meeting, and he resigned as chief minister. In 1994, SSP misplaced the meeting elections to the Sikkim Democratic Entrance led by Pawan Kumar Chamling.
SSP additionally misplaced the 1999 meeting election. Within the 2004 state meeting elections, Bhandari ran below the Congress occasion, however the occasion misplaced the election, profitable just one seat within the meeting. He served as a member of the legislative meeting from 1994 to 2004.
Bhandari is popularly remembered for his efforts to incorporate Nepali language within the eighth schedule of the Indian structure, which was lastly acknowledged in 1992 together with his spouse Dil Kumari Bhandari serving as a Lok Sabha MP then.
In Could 2007, he was sentenced to jail for one month in a corruption case. In 2014, he was convicted in a CBI corruption case.
Bhandari died on 16 July 2017 following spinal surgical procedure.
Sikkim CM Golay took to his social media to pay tribute to the ‘visionary chief’. He wrote, “Bhandari’s unwavering dedication to the welfare of the individuals and his farsighted imaginative and prescient for Sikkim’s growth resulted in a number of landmark achievements. The inclusion of the Nepali language within the eighth Schedule of the Indian Structure was a monumental act which not solely safeguarded the linguistic rights of the Nepali-speaking group but additionally elevated their cultural id on the nationwide degree.”
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