<p>Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) MLA Bishnu Kumar Sharma will take oath as a state minister on Friday, officials said.</p>.<p>The decision to nominate the 64-year-old Rhenock MLA for the minister's post was taken at the SKM legislature party meeting on Thursday, SKM sources said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-mla-vijay-wadettiwar-is-new-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly-1243415.html">Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar is new Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra assem</a></strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-mla-vijay-wadettiwar-is-new-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly-1243415.html">bly</a></p>.<p>Sharma will be sworn in as a minister by Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya later in the day, they said.</p>.<p>He will fill up the vacant seat in the council of ministers as Sikkim can have a maximum of 12 ministers, including the CM, according to the constitutional provision.</p>
<p>Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) MLA Bishnu Kumar Sharma will take oath as a state minister on Friday, officials said.</p>.<p>The decision to nominate the 64-year-old Rhenock MLA for the minister's post was taken at the SKM legislature party meeting on Thursday, SKM sources said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-mla-vijay-wadettiwar-is-new-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly-1243415.html">Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar is new Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra assem</a></strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-mla-vijay-wadettiwar-is-new-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly-1243415.html">bly</a></p>.<p>Sharma will be sworn in as a minister by Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya later in the day, they said.</p>.<p>He will fill up the vacant seat in the council of ministers as Sikkim can have a maximum of 12 ministers, including the CM, according to the constitutional provision.</p>