Sports has seen a Parivartan under SKM government: Nirmal Chettri

GANGTOK, : Nirmal Chettri, former Indian international footballer, joined the ruling SKM during the 15th Rholu Diwas programme on Thursday. He was welcomed into the SKM by party president and Chief Minister PS Golay in presence of the Rholu gathering.

Nirmal has played for elite I-League and ISL clubs during his professional football career.

It is an important step and a happy occasion for me to join the SKM today at this holy place of Rholu where the Parivartan movement had started, said Nirmal in his joining speech.

Speaking briefly, Nirmal said he joined the SKM as he was confident on the progressive, democratic and inclusive values of the PS Golay-led party. We are entering a Naya Yug under Chief Minister PS Golay that will take Sikkim forward, he said. He added that under the SKM government, progress has been made in every sector of Sikkim including sports. He expressed that sports and sportspersons of Sikkim have been rejuvenated due to the push and support given by the SKM government.

We can see Parivartan happening in sports sector and this has driven me to join the SKM and to work for Sikkim under the leadership and directions of Chief Minister PS Golay, said Nirmal.

Nirmal hails from Melli, South Sikkim. He has played for elite I-League and ISL clubs, and also for the Indian national football team during his professional football career.

Also joining the SKM during the programme were motivational speaker Sanjay Rai from Namchi and Tarku zilla panchayat Durga Prasad Sharma (Bikash Dahal).

“Will keep one whole week for SKM joining”

In his address, SKM president and Chief Minister PS Golay said the joining event during the 15^th Rholu Diwas was restricted to the three shining youths of Sikkim. They are our achievers of Sikkim and I heartily welcome them into the SKM, he said.

Golay, at the outset of his Rholu Diwas speech, shared that the SKM party will be reserving one whole week at the start of New Year 2024 for the mass joining programme of new members into the SKM.

“Today we had no joining programme in this historic Rholu Diwas occasion. If we had kept joining programme today, it would have taken an almost entire day because of the huge numbers of people from other political parties and recently retired government employees who want to join the SKM,” said Golay.

Considering this, we will reserve one entire week for the joining programme series at the start of New Year 2024 for those retired government employees, our well-wishers and those from other political parties who want to join our SKM party, said the SKM president.