10 MLAs of Sikkim Democratic Front join BJP

As many as 10 MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the BJP on Tuesday, propelling the saffron party to the status of the main opposition in a state where it had not won a single seat in the recent assembly polls.

The MLAs met BJP working president J P Nadda and joined the party in the presence of its general secretary Ram Madhav, who is in charge of the party’s affairs in the north east.

Mr. Madhav told reporters that the SDF had a strength of 13 MLAs and its legislature party decided to merge with the BJP.