BJP leader Pema Khandu will take oath as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on May 29.
“Pema Khandu will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on May 29. Extend my gratitude to BJP MLAs for electing Khandu as the BJP legislature party leader,” BJP leader Kiren Rijiju tweeted on Monday.
I extend my gratitude to all the elected BJP MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh for unanimously selecting Pema Khandu ji as the leader of BJP Legislature Party. Hearty congratulations to @PemaKhanduBJP ji who will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on 29th May 2019. pic.twitter.com/UQYpvrvz6T
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) May 27, 2019
BJP emerged as the single largest party in Arunachal Pradesh by winning 37 out of 55 Assembly seats in the recently held polls.
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On the other hand, the Janata Dal-United (JDU) won seven seats, while Congress and National People’s Party (NPP) could manage to win only four seats each.
Besides that, earlier in the day, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as P S Golay, took oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.
His party won a slender majority in the 32-member Sikkim legislative assembly by bagging 17 seats against 15 won by the his opponent Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).
(With ANI inputs)