In his appeal, Bhutia called upon the Bhutia-Lepcha people to speak up against the dilution of their constitutional safeguards. He emphasized that the silence of the community today would have ...

In the 2019 elections, Sangay Lepcha of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won with 5,686 votes, narrowly defeating Dichen Wangchuk Bhutia of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), who received 5,607 ...

In the 2019 elections, Dorjee Tshering Lepcha of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won with 6,380 votes, defeating Tshering Bhutia of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), who received 3,460 votes.