Congress legislators to elect new leader in Arunachal Pradesh.Byline: ANI Itanagar, Oct 24 (ANI): Newly elected legislators of the Congress party are meeting here on Saturday afternoonto elect the leader of the party's legislature wing. Incumbent Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu Dorjee Khandu (born March 3, 1955) at Gyangkhar village, is the current Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He was sworn on April 9, 2007 as the fifth chief minister of the Indian state, replacing Gegong Apang. seemed to be a frontrunner for the post. Speaking to media, Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (är'ənächəl prədĕsh`), state (2001 provisional pop. 1,091,117), 31,438 sq mi (81,424 sq km), NE India, bordered on the north by the Tibet region of China and on the east by Myanmar. The capital is Itanagar. Congress Committee (APCC APCC anti-inhibitor coagulant complex. ) president Nabam Tuki said: "The CLP 1. CLP - Cornell List Processor. 2. CLP - Constraint Logic Programming. meeting will be held tomorrow (Saturday) to elect the new chief minister. All the 42 Congress MLAs are expected to reach Itanagar by this morning." On Thursday, Congress secured a two-thirds majority in the 60-member assembly by winning 42 seats. Senior party leader and former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes, Luizinho Faleiro and V Narayansami would attend the CLP meeting as central observers. Khandu, a Monapa Buddhist leader who became the Chief Minister in April 2007 following a uprising against the then Chief Minister Gegong Apang indicated his readiness to continue for another term as Chief Minister. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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