‘People expect the government to do everything’

I resettled here in 1997 from Bumthang. In 2002, people of Chuzergang asked me to stand as mangmi candidate. They supported me and I won the election. I served as mangmi. People then encouraged me to contest as gup candidate in the next election. People of Chuzergang supported me and I became the gup. Since then, I have been the gup.  

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