Goruk Pordung

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Goruk Pordung is an Indian politician who is serving as Member of 10th Arunachal Pradesh Assembly from Bameng Assembly constituency. [1] [2] In 2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he defeated Kumar Waii with the margin of 393 votes. [3]

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Electoral performance

ElectionConstituencyPartyResultVotes %Opposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote %Ref
2019 Bameng BJP Won51.60% Kumar Waii NPP 47.58% [4] [5]

Controversy

In 2019, a case registered against him for raping a doctor. [6] [7] In December 2019, Gauhati High Court rejected his bail. [8] In January 2020, Supreme Court of India ordered Special Investigation Team probe against him. [9] In February 2021, court granted him interim bail. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India.
  2. ↑ "Constituencies". Government of Arunachal Pradesh.
  3. ↑ "BJP wins 7 Assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh". The Times of India. PTI. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh Assembly results live updates | BJP wins 7 Assembly seats, leads in both LS seats". The Hindu. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Arunachal Assembly will have 20 first time MLAs". Deccan Herald. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Case registered against BJP MLA Goruk Pordung for 'raping' doctor". The Times of India. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "BJP MLA from Arunachal Pradesh accused of rape". The Times of India. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "HC rejects bail of BJP MLA in rape case". The Arunachal Times. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "SC orders SIT probe against BJP MLA | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Court grants interim bail to BJP MLA". The Arunachal Times. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.


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