Pawan Chamling was on Wednesday sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister for the record fifth consecutive time. Governor Shriniwas Patil administered the oath of office to Chamling and 11 ministers at a function in Raj Bhavan.
The Chamling-led Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) had secured a two-thirds majority in the Assembly elections winning 22 seats out of 32. He was on Tuesday elected as the SDF legislature Party leader following which the Governor invited him to form the Government. In power since 1994, Chamling (63) has already completed two uninterrupted decades as the CM of the erstwhile Himalayan kingdom. After being sworn in for the fifth consecutive time, he is on his way to break the late Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu’s record of being India’s longest serving CM.