Dorjee Tshering Lepcha

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Dorjee Tshering Lepcha
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
24 February 2024 (2024-02-24)
Children Pamin Lepcha (daughter)

Dorjee Tshering Lepcha better known as D. T. Lepcha [2] is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Sikkim. He has been elected in Sikkim Legislative Assembly election in 2014 and 2019 from Gnathang Machong constituency as candidate of Sikkim Democratic Front but later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was minister of Sikkim Public Works (Buildings & Housing) and Transport in Pawan Chamling fifth ministry from 2014 to 2019. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Dorjee Tshering Lepcha was declared as Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Rajya Sabha candidate from Sikkim for upcoming elections to be held on 19 January 2024. [7] [8] [9]

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