मैले आट गरेर एकदिन आमालाई सोधे, "आमा म कहिले धनी हुन्छु..?"
आमाले भनिन "छोरा! तिमीलाई हाम्रो आशिर्वाद छ, तिमी पढेर ठूलो मान्छे हुनेछौ। ठूलो मान्छे भएमा सबैको ह्र्दयमा बास लिनु। सबैमा समदृष्टी राख्नु। एकदिन तिमी यो सन्सार छोडेर जानैपर्छ। त्यस दिन तिम्रो माया गरेर जति धेरै मलामी आउनेछन, उति धेरै तिमी धनी भएको सम्झनु...
तिम्रो चितामा आगो लगाएको देखेर मलामीहरुले दुई थोपा आँसु तिम्रो चितामा खसाए भने तिम्रो आत्माले शान्ति पाउनेछ। त्यो तिम्रो अमुल्य धन हुनेछ।"
- नर बहादुर भण्डारीकृत मेरो जीवन... कथा, व्यथा र सम्झना-बाट
Gangtok/New Delhi:
Nar Bahadur Bhandari, an obscure school teacher, who rose to become one
of the longest-serving chief ministers of Sikkim, died today, state
government sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of Mr Bhandari and praised his role in Sikkim's progress.
"Saddened
by the demise of Shri Nar Bahadur Bhandari. His contribution towards
Sikkim's progress will always be remembered. My condolences," the prime
minister's office said in a twitter post.
Born in 1940 at Malbasey in West Sikkim, Mr Bhandari was a teacher in a government school before he joined active politics.
He
became the chief minister of the tiny Himalyan state for the first time
in 1979 on a Janata Parishad ticket and then again in 1984 and 1989 on a
Sikkim Sangram Parishad ticket. The founder of the SSP, Mr Bhandari
remained its president till his death.
Known as a pragmati and
resilient leader, Mr Bhandari was the second chief minister after L D
Kazi to hold the reins of the fledgling state which officially became a
part of the Indian Union in 1975.
He was also a former president of Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee.
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling condoled the death of Mr Bhandari.
"I
am extremely sad and shocked to know about the untimely demise of Shri
Nar Bahadur Bhandari. With his passing away, Sikkim has lost a worthy
son of the soil whose contribution to the state and its people are
unparalleld."
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Personal life
Nar Bahadur Bhandari was born on 5 October 1940 in Malbasay village, near Soreng, West Sikkim. He completed his BA degree from Darjeeling Government College and worked as a school teacher for some years before joining politics. His wife Dil Kumari Bhandari is a former member of parliament (Lok Sabha) from Sikkim.
Politics
Bhandari founded the Sikkim Janata Parishad
in 1977. This party won the state assembly election held in 1979 and he
became the chief minister for the first time on 18 October 1979 In 1984, he also served briefly as Member of Parliament from Sikkim constituency in the 8th Lok Sabha
as an independent candidate. In 1984, Bhandari dissolved the Sikkim
Janata Parishad and formed a new party called Sikkim Sangram Parishad.
This party contested the assembly elections in 1985 and won, and
Bhandari became the chief minister for the second time. In 1989, Sikkim
Sangram Parishad returned to power by winning the assembly elections. In
1994, Bhandari lost the vote of confidence in the state assembly and he
resigned as chief minister.
In 1994, Bhandari's party Sikkim Sangram Parishad lost the assembly elections to Pawan Kumar Chamling-led Sikkim Democratic Front.
Sikkim Sangram Parishad also lost the 1999 assembly election. In the
2004 state assembly elections, Bhandari contested under the Congress party but the party lost the election, winning only one seat.Again in the 2009 assembly elections the Congress party under Bhandari
failed to win any seat in the state assembly. But there are cases
pending in the court of law regarding the conduct of elections. There
are charges of elections being rigged.
Present
Bhandari
became the president of the Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee (SPCC)
after he had merged his party Sikkim Sangram Parishad with the Indian National Congress in 2003. In May 2013, he was reinstated as the president of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad.
Death
Bhandari died on July 16, 2017.
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