1. Pawan Chamling to be longest serving Chief Minister
i. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling is set for a consecutive fifth term beating the record set by Jyoti Basu in West Bengal.
ii. Mr. Chamling’s Sikkim Democratic Front won two thirds majority in the Assembly elections winning 22 of the 32 seats with a vote share of 55 per cent.
iii. He won both from Rangang-Yangang and Namchi-Singhithang Assembly constituencies with huge margins.
iv. Mr. Chamling took over the reins of the State on December 12, 1994 and completed 20 years as Chief Minister of the Himalayan State.
v. He is set to break the record of late Communist leader Mr. Basu considered the longest serving chief minister for more than 23 years from June 21, 1977 to November 5, 2000 in West Bengal.
2. Assam CM to resign within a week
i. Assam Chief Minsiter Tarun Gogoi says he will resign within a week following Congress debacle in the Lok Sabha elections in his state. But, he said in Guwahati that he will not leave politics and will continue to work for recovering the party from the current position.
ii. He said, Congress men thought nobody could defeat them forgetting that they too had lost lost earlier. He also said there could be a communication gap with the people. Gogoi said his party's campaign is probably not up to the mark and its publicity did not fulfill its agenda.
3. Management expert Russy Mody dies at the age of 97
i. Management guru Russy Mody who was known for his man management while he headed Tata Steel and was awarded Padma Bushan died at the age of 97 at his Alipore home in South Kolkata on Friday night around 11.30pm.
ii. The man who was with Tata Steel for nearly four decades was credited with laying the foundation for what Tata Steel is today.
iii. His departure from the company, however was less spectacular as he had to leave amidst differences of opinion with Ratan Tata and JRD Tata. However they made up a few years back and Mr. Mody said in a book “all was forgotten”.
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