Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling surpasses Jyoti Basu as India’s longest serving chief minister Sunday April 29,2018

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling (68)on Sunday April 29,2018 will create history by surpassing the record of former communist ruler of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu, as the longest serving chief minister in the country.

Chamling touched Basu’s record on Saturday April 28,2018 and wrote a long post on his Facebook page. “As I cross a personal milestone, I would like to remember fondly all those who have been a part of this journey of more than two decades. First and foremost, my heartfelt gratitude goes to the people of Sikkim for reposing their faith in me by giving their mandate for five record consecutive terms,” he wrote.
“I also offer my homage to Late Shri Jyoti Basu ji, a great statesman for whom I have the highest respects and whose record stint as Chief Minister, I am fortunate to surpass,” he wrote. “I have never taken a day off from my duties, often forgoing my personal commitments.”

Pawan Chamling became the chief minister of Sikkim on December 12, 1994, and has ruled the tiny Himalayan state ever since. He is also the president of Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).

Jyoti  Basu was the chief minister of Bengal for five consecutive terms from June 21, 1977 to November 6, 2000. He did not complete his fifth term due to health reasons and handed the charge over to Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.

Pawan Chamling, who also writes poetry, joined politics in 1973, and was elected to the Sikkim assembly for the first time in 1985

Note

Pawan Kumar Chamling ,the founder of Sikkim Democratic Front is the 5th and incumbent CM of Sikkim who has governed the state for five successive terms since 1994

Prior to establishing the Sikkim Democratic Front, Chamling served as Minister for Industries, Information and Public Relations from 1989 to 1992 in the Nar Bahadur Bhandari cabinet.

Pawan Kumar Chamling is the second chief minister in India after Jyoti Basu, of West Bengal to govern a state five terms in a row, with his party Sikkim Democratic Front winning the 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 Sikkim Assembly Elections

Pawan Kumar Chamling's party SDF won 22 out of 32 assembly seats in the 2014 legislative assembly election. 18 months after the 2014 elections, on November 30, 2015, 7 out of 10 opposition MLAs joined the SDF party under the leadership of Pawan Chamling. Now the ruling front has 28 out of 32 assembly seats in the state