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Grand Preparations Underway for the 210th Bhanu Jayanti Celebration in Singtam

 


29.06.24: The first coordination meeting for the 210th Bhanu Jayanti Celebration held at Singtam was conducted at Community Hall, Nagar Panchayat, Singtam. The meeting saw active participation from the public of the Khamdong Singtam Constituency.
During the meeting, a celebration committee was formed in the presence of the Chief Guest, Shri Rohit Raj Maharaj, and other distinguished guests. The committee has decided to celebrate the 210th Bhanu Jayanti grandly.
Shri NB Dahal, Hon'ble Minister, Road and Bridges Department and Area MLA, 17 Khamdong Singtam will be the Chief Patron, while Shri Suresh Tamang, President, Singtam Nagar Panchayat will be the Patron. Shri Narendra Chettri was nominated as the President of the 210th Bhanu Jayanti Celebration Committee and Smt. Bindhya Subba, Counsellor, Singtam Nagar Panchayat as the Vice President.



Other members include :
Chief Patron: Shri Nar Bahadur Dahal (Chettri) Hon'ble Minister, Roads and Bridges
Patron: Shri Suresh Tamang President, Singtam Nagar Panchayat
Chief Coordinator: MEO, Singtam
Advisor: Shri. Am Prasad Sharma, Former MLA, Shri. Shyam Pradhan, Former MLA, Shri. Rohit Raj Maharaj, Shri. Mohan Pradhan, Shri. Saran Pradhan, Shri. Padam Sharma, Shri. Jaslal Pradhan, Shri. Kumar Rai
President: Shri. Narendra Chettri, Singtam
Vice President: Smt. Bindhya Subba Counsellor Singtam
General Secretary I: Mr. Tenzing Sherpa
Treasurer: Mr. Sangey C Bhutia Mr. Mukesh Agarwal, Counselor



Executive Members: Shri. Kishore Chettri Counsellor, Smt. Yad Kumari Biswakarma Counsellor, Miss Sharmila Chettri CLC President, SHO Singtam, RO Forest Singtam, BDO Khamdong, Smt. Bishnu Maya Sherpa, Mrs. Anita Tamang, Ex Counsellor, Mr. Kiran Kumar Sharma, Sikkim Supreme, Mr. Yogendra Dhungel, Mr. Binod Pradhan, Mr. TB Rai, Khamdong, Mr. Mohan Khatiwara, Mr. PK Dhungel, Mr. SP Sharma, Mr. Subash Baniya, Mr. Santosh Sharma, Mr. Santosh Bardewa, Mr. Gupta Subba, Mr. Ganesh Pradhan, Mr. Sujan Dahal and Mr. Prahlad Poudyal.

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