Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling conferred with Nepal’s Yugkavi Siddhicharan Prize

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling was conferred the ‘Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award’ by Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday for his commendable contributions in promoting Nepali literature in India.

Siddhicharan Shrestha Academy organised an event in Kathmandu on the occasion of 105th birth anniversary of the late poet Shrestha.

The award carries a certificate of appreciation and a sum of NRs 100,000. Chamling, 65, was not present to receive the award