Former Sikkim BJP president DB Chauhan resigns

Gangtok| Former Sikkim BJP President D.B. Chouhan on Monday resigned from the primary membership of the party and severed all ties with the national party. In his resignation letter addressed to the top leadership of the party, Chouhan said – I worked in various positions in the party in the last 10 years in which I tried to serve the state through the party platform. I am thankful to all party workers, leaders and well wishers who have supported me and the party. I have now realized that my service is no longer needed in the party.

In his letter, Chouhan said, “I wish all the office bearers of the party good times ahead, may God bless them all.” When contacted, the former state BJP president said he has no immediate plans for his political future. However, I am interested in working for the people of Sikkim through a regional political party.

“I want to work for a regional party which has Sikkimese ethos as national parties have failed to understand our local issues and sentiments,” he said. National parties look at Sikkim and our people from the perspective of Delhi.

Chouhan served as the state BJP president for seven years before stepping down on December 13, 2022. He had claimed that the apathy of the BJP’s central leadership towards the Sikkim BJP unit forced him to take the decision. He was associated with the state BJP as a primary member.

Chouhan shared that he is interested in working with the new regional party, which genuinely wants to address pressing issues like unemployment, drug abuse and basic needs, which have been ignored by the existing political parties in the state. Is. “I want to work for a party which has new ideas and is honest about the real issues of Sikkimese,” he said.

–IANS