MLA Sonam Venchungpa | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly for Martam-Rumtek | |
Assumed office 2019 by-elections | |
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Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Sonam Tshering Venchungpa is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly from Martam-Rumtek in the 2019 by election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] [2] [3]
Rumtek Monastery, also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok. It is the seat-in-exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa. It is also a focal point for the sectarian tensions within the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism that characterize the 17th Karmapa controversy.
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