Gangtok, The swearing-in ceremony of PS Tamang as Sikkim chief minister was deferred by a day and the SKM supremo will now take oath for the second term on June 10, party leaders said on Friday. The decision to defer the swearing-in ceremony to June 10 was taken during the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) legislature party meeting, held earlier in the day at the chief minister's official residence, Mintokgang, as Tamang will visit Delhi on Sunday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as prime minister for the third time, they said.
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Tamang is likely to leave for New Delhi on Saturday, an SKM leader said.
«Tamang and his council of ministers will now take oath on June 10 at Paljor stadium,» another party leader said.
During the legislature party meeting, the newly elected SKM MLAs unanimously adopted a resolution to extend the party's support to Modi.