24/10/2025
Letter to the admin:
What kind of mental gymnastics does our CM perform daily?
Not an opposition loyalist here. Just a humble citizen clinically fascinated by our Cheap Minister’s ongoing one-man reality show, “The many moods of prem.”
I’ve been wondering, purely as an ardent observer and tasteful critic of His Chaotic Majesty, whether he suffers from some deep psychological or perhaps even theatrical condition. The man has a team, mind you. A whole gang-bang of ministers, MLAs, bureaucrats, technocrats, panchayats. Yet every time someone in Sikkim sneezes, or anything happens, from the opening of a dustbin to the birth of a goat it must be attributed to “Sammaananiya mukhya mantri ko aadesh anusaar.” The full circus of paid monkeys have no work to do. Limelight is hogged by one player (and his parivaar).
The ego levels are Himalayan. From covid medicine boxes to concert posters, every inch of public space is decorated with that same face, powdered, filtered and pancaked within an inch of its life. Plastered across the land like a mandatory screensaver. At this point, if you dig deep enough in Yumthang Valley, you’ll probably find his face fossilized in the rock strata. Even the moon over Gangtok must be wondering when it’ll be asked to host his banner.
Is it delusion of grandeur? Narcissistic personality disorder? Attention seeking syndrome? Histrionic personality disorder? Borderline? Daddy issues? Mommy issues? Childhood trauma? Low self esteem? Inferiority complex? Imposter syndrome? Or just plain hubris marinated in his kid's foundation and photoshop?
Then comes the bipolar variety show. One day he’s full of rage and nasal screech. “Mo sabak sikhauchu!” “Ghar bhitra pasera kutchu!” "Girgiraune banauchu!" “Khoji khoji nikaalchu!”
Like some divine headmaster scolding the entire state for existing. Then, right after the memes and mockery roll in, his PR team prescribes an emergency dose of “damage control.” The next speech will be with hands folded, eyes moist, voice trembling in humility. Suddenly, he’s Saint Golay of pure public servitude. “Mo tapai haru ko sewak ho 🙏” “Malai gaali garnuhos” “Main aapka gunhegaar hu” "DA barai dinchu" "Regular banai dinchu" "Salary chirai dinchu"
And the audience claps. Because what else do you do when your Chief Minister is basically auditioning for both best hero and best villain in the same category? It’s the emotional equivalent of a soap opera marathon.
Now, about that “genius” initiative, Connect to CM. Word on the street is that it wasn’t even their idea. A young officer came up with it for a small departmental scheme. The senior officer noticed, added some shiny tech layers, extrapolated it to the masses and voila, it became the great CM’s “vision,” “mission" and “guidance.” The one and only brilliant CM ko pilot project to bring governance at our doorsteps and grievance redressal by a single phone call. The real brains behind it got quietly sidelined, of course. Another populist gimmick to feed the illusion of divine benevolence and humane touch. Because apparently, every good thing in Sikkim must happen due to “Sammaananiya mukhya mantri ko aadesh ho ki paadesh.”
And just when you thought the absurdity had peaked, he outdid himself this time. Presenting the latest episode of “Connect to earth.” Children will now be made to walk barefoot to school once a week to connect with nature.
Are you even in your right mind, Sir? Who in the holy freaking world is dispensing such rustic hallucinations to your impressionable brain? Have you heard of hookworm infestations? Snake bites? Cellulitis? How exactly are kids supposed to use the loo barefoot? And why, in the name of all things sensible, would you torture children in 2025 by pretending Sikkim is still in the 1970s?
Meanwhile, the real problems remain exactly where they’ve always been. Employment, healthcare, corruption, inflation, tourism, education and roads that could double as rally tracks. But no, we must all pretend enlightenment has dawned from his page. His policies are laughable and a mere distraction from the actual scenario.
So do we laugh, cry or send him a mental health awareness pamphlet? He probably believes he’s “borrowing ideas” from the best minds of Sikkim and marketing them as his own. The irony? The best minds don’t work for him. They work in spite of him.
Our CM doesn’t need a cabinet or more slogans. What he needs right now is a therapist, a diagnosis, SSRIs, anxiolytics, PR detox, some reality check, and a long, peaceful farewell from politics.
No hard feelings, Sammaanananananiya Sir.
