Gangtok: Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, has
congratulated Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling for becoming the
longest serving head of the country's state government.
"I admire your more than two decades of service to the people
of Sikkim. Having had the pleasure of visiting Sikkim many times since
1956, I have personally witnessed its development," said the Dalai Lama,
in a congratulatory letter to the chief minister.