Vice-President of India to Visit Sikkim

Gangtok,October8: The Vice- President of India is scheduled to visit Sikkim later this month.The final tour programme of Vice-president, Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, is still to be chalked out by the State Government in consulation with the Office of Vice-President of India ; however it is informed that he will be here in Sikkim on a 4 days visit from 27th October,2009.

The  visit of Vice-president is primarially connected with the golden jubilee celebrations of High Court of Sikkim.It is informed that during his stay ,he will be meeting with the Sikkim Governor ,Chief Minister and visiting various places including Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok and Samdruptse in Namchi.