Prem Singh Tamang

Prem Singh Tamang, better known as PS Golay, is one of the famous leaders and founder of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM). It is important to note that SKM is the largest opposition party in Sikkim, India. In 1990, he was appointed a graduate teacher under the education department in the Government of Sikkim and served until 1993. Due to his active interest in social work and politics, he resigned from government service and started participating in the political activities of SDF. Golay decided to found the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) party, which opposed the SDF party, in 2014 in Soreng, West Sikkim. On 6 September 2014, he officially resigned from all SDF party duties and became the president of the SKM party. During the election of 2014, the party gained ten of 32 seats in the Sikkim State Legislative Assembly under the leadership of Golay. Overall, in the 2014 election, Golay's party shared 42 per cent of total votes in Sikkim. On 27th May 2019, he was inducted to the 6th Chief Minister of Sikkim.