Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (
translation
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: ''Sikkim Himalayan State Association''), was a
political party
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in the
India
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n state of
Sikkim
Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...
. The party president was Dr. A.D. Subba. Tara Shrestha was the general secretary of the party.
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In February 2004 SHRP together with
Indian National Congress
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,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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,
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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,
Organization of Sikkimese Unity (OSU),
Sikkim Gorkha Party (SGP),
Sikkim Gorkha Prajatantrik Party (SGPP),
Sikkim National Liberation Front (SNLF),
Nepali Bhutia Lepcha (NEBULA), and
Gorkha National Liberation Front
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Early history
Part of the ...
as a joint political front.
In the
2004 parliamentary election SHRP contested the sole
Lok Sabha
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seat in Sikkim. The party candidate, Tara Kumar Pradhan, came fourth with 2765 votes (1.26%).
General Elections 2004 – Constituency wise detail for 1-Sikkim Constituency of SIKKIM
In 2008, the party spoke out against a proposal to merge Sikkim with Darjeeling
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.
In 2014, SHRP merged with Indian National Congress
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.
References
Defunct political parties in Sikkim
Political parties with year of establishment missing
2014 disestablishments in India
Political parties disestablished in 2014
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