GANGTOK, May 3. - `I shall retire from
politics and go to a Basti (village) if the SDF fails to make
it to power this time,` said Mr BB Guroong.
The grand old man of Sikkim politics, who
has seen it all - from Chogyal's rule to the Mr Pawan Kumar
Chamling's reign - has announced his retirement, albeit with
a rider and his party may beg to differ.
Sources said that the SDF leadership is preparing to ensure
that Mr Gooroong is given a high-level constitutional post
in the next term, if both the SDF and the NDA come back to
power.Mr Gooroong, once the chief minister of the state, is
also one of the most well known.
Be it getting elected uncontested in two
constituencies of the state or getting nomination papers rejected
for missing a signature, Mr Gooroong has seen it all.
Now, more 75 years of age, he has been an active member of
the party and held the post of political advisor to the chief
minister during the last government.
A former journalist with the Amrita Bazaar
Patrika, Mr Gooroong started his political career under the
Chogyal rule and, since then, has been a prominent face in
the state's political affairs.
Courtesy
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