Pema Khandu-led BJP set to retain power in Arunachal Pradesh, likely to continue as CM
The Hindu
Pema Khandu-led BJP government in Arunachal Pradesh is set to retain power as the party crossed the majority mark in the 60-member Assembly, winning in 34 seats.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu-led BJP government in Arunachal Pradesh is set to retain power as the party crossed the majority mark in the 60-member Assembly, winning in 34 seats while maintaining a comfortable lead in 11 more. Mr. Khandu is likely to continue as the chief minister.
Ten BJP candidates, including Mr. Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, had won unopposed and polling took place in the rest 50 seats on April 19.
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State BJP president Biyuram Wahge won the Pakke-Kessang constituency by a margin of 813 votes over Techi Hemu of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Former Union Minister Ninong Ering, who quit the Congress ahead of the polls, secured victory from the Pasighat (West) seat for BJP by a margin of 2,871 votes over Tapyam Pada of NCP.
Mr. Pema Khandu (44), the youngest Chief Minister of the country, followed the footsteps of his father and former chief minister Dorjee Khandu, who died in a chopper crash in 2011 near Luguthang in Tawang district bordering China.
The eldest son of the family, Mr. Pema Khandu, a graduate from Delhi’s prestigious Hindu College, had an early entry into governance after his father’s demise.
Mr. Khandu, who hails from Tawang, first entered the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly in 2011 to fill the vacancy caused by his father’s death. His election as MLA from Mukto (ST) constituency was uncontested and he was soon included in the State government as Cabinet Minister for Water Resource Development and Tourism in the Jarbom Gamlin Ministry. He also became the Cabinet Minister for Rural Works Department and Tourism since November 21, 2011 in Nabam Tuki government and thereafter served the State as Cabinet Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation and Art & Culture.
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