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    Exclusive: Pawan Kumar Chamling on Sikkim development model, Gorkhaland and more

    Chamling's biggest critic in recent times has been the BJP. Its general secretary Ram Madhav calls the SDF 'Sikkim Dictatorial Front'. Here are excerpts from Kaushik Deka's conversation with Pawan Kumar Chamling.
    by Kaushik Deka Apr 26, 2018 3 minutes

    Pawan Kumar Chamling spoke to Kaushik Deka on being the country's longest-serving chief minister, the Sikkim development model and Gorkhaland. Excerpts from the interview:

    Q. How did you build such a long innings in politics?

    A. Without people's trust, I'm nothing. They appreciated my work and I got an opportunity to serve them.

    Q. What are your big achievements as chief minister?

    A. Today, Sikkim is a clean, prosperous state, where there is no poverty. The second big achievement is that today Sikkim is emotionally integrated with India. When I came to power in 1994, I coined a

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