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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Santiniketan last week

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Bhaichung’s party

Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia will formally launch his political party this week. Bhaichung’s Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) will be launched on May 31 at a remote village, Daramdin, in West Sikkim in the presence of his 20,000-odd supporters. While announcing the name of the party in April 26, Bhaichung had said he doesn’t want be the president and that a “clean person” would helm it. 
 
HSP is unlikely to announce the name of its president this week either. HSP’s stated aim is to challenge the Sikkim Democratic Front, which has been ruling the state for close to 25

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