SNPP charges election officials of flouting model code

Gangtok , Mar 13 The opposition Sikkim National People&aposs Party (SNPP) today charged the officials of the state election department of violating the model code of conduct by attending the"lavish"wedding ceremony of Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling&aposs eldest daughter at Namchi last night.

"The state election department officials have committed impropriety by attending the wedding function of the Chief Minister&aposs daughter and the same amounted to the violation of the model code of conduct," SNPP President Biraj Adhikari said in a statement here.

Even as the election process was underway in Sikkim, the officials of election department as also others were at attendance at the family function of Chamling, who also heads the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front, he said.

Adhikari asked Chamling to declare the expenses incurred on the wedding and sought to know if the amount will be included in election-related expenses of the ruling party.

The SNPP President said that his party has constituted a committee under working president Tseten Dorjee Lachungpa to inquire into the details of the attendence of government officials at the wedding held in Namchi, Chamling&aposs hometown in South District, last night.