New Delhi: In a giant increase for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 10 of its MLAs candidates for the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Polls have been declared unopposed winners days forward of the voting. These 10 BJP candidates together with Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy CM Chowna Mein. This comes as a setback for the Congress because the social gathering couldn’t discipline candidates on these seats.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju took on X to announce the victory of BJP candidates on 10 meeting seats in Arunachal Pradesh and mentioned PM Modi’s wave is taking up each a part of the nation. 10 MLA Candidates of BJP are declared- elected unopposed. I prolong congratulations to all 10 BJP MLA-Elects. PM Narendra Modi ji’s wave is blowing from North-East to each a part of India,” wrote Rijiju on X.
A rocking begin for @BJP4India from the “Land of Rising Sun”- Arunachal Pradesh. 10 MLA Candidates of BJP are declared- elected unopposed. I prolong congratulations to all 10 BJP MLA-Elects. PM pic.twitter.com/w3n9hVJQiH
— Kiren Rijiju (मोदी का परिवार) (@KirenRijiju) March 30, 2024
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pawan Kumar Sain informed reporters that Arunachal CM and the opposite 9 BJP candidates have been elected unopposed following the closure of the nomination withdrawal interval, right here.
According to CEO Sain, solely Arunachal CM Khandu filed the nomination for meeting polls from the Mukto seat in Tawang district and Dy CM Chowna Mein received the Chowkham seat unopposed after his lone rival Bayamso Kri of the Congress withdrew his nomination.
“Single nomination paper has been filed in six assembly constituencies while in four others, opposition candidates withdrew their papers,” he mentioned.
Khandu’s Fourth Term As MLA
This will probably be Khandu’s fourth time period as an MLA from the Mukto meeting constituency close to the India-China border. He was elected unopposed from the seat in a by-election in 2010 as a Congress nominee, following the demise of his father and former chief minister Dorjee Khandu in a helicopter crash. The chief minister additionally received the seat within the 2014 and 2019 meeting elections by big margins.
The deputy chief minister was elected from the Chowkham constituency for the second time. Mein, a seasoned politician, had beforehand represented the Lekang constituency since 1995.
The different candidates, who have been elected unopposed, are Jikke Tako from the Tali meeting constituency, Nyato Dukom from Taliha, Mutchu Mithi from Roing, Dasanglu Pul from Hayuliang, Dongru Siongju for Bomdila and first-timers Ratu Techi from Sagalee and Hage Appa from Ziro-Hapoli constituencies.
BJP nominee Techi Kaso received the Itanagar constituency unopposed after National People’s Party (NPP) candidate Tai Tadap’s nomination was discovered invalid.
Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Polls 2024
Arunachal Pradesh is ready to go for election Elections for the 60-member meeting and two Lok Sabha seats Arunachal West and Arunachal East on April 19. The counting of votes for the meeting polls will happen on June 2, whereas the Lok Sabha election outcomes will probably be declared on June 4.
In the 2019 meeting polls, three BJP nominees — Education Minister Taba Tedir from Yachuli constituency, Kento Jini from Aalo East and Phurpa Tsering from Dirang — have been elected unopposed. They are looking for re-election from their respective constituencies this time.
Eight candidates will contest the Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency from the place Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju and Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Nabam Tuki are within the fray.
The complete variety of candidates, contesting within the Arunachal East parliamentary constituency, is six after the nomination of Techi Rana, an unbiased candidate, was discovered invalid throughout scrutiny on Thursday, the official mentioned.
