Peoples Party of Arunachal is a regional political party in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded in September 1977 by Bakin Pertin,Oken Lego and L. Wanglat as president,Vice President and General Secretary of the party. Tomo Riba resigned from PK Thungon government of Congress Party and joined PPA as Vice President of the Party. Currently,Kamen Ringu is the chairman of the party. They were in power in Arunachal until all of their MLAs defected back to Indian National Congress.
Sheila Kaul was a social democratic leader of the Indian National Congress,a politician,cabinet minister and governor,and the oldest living former member of parliament in India at the time of her death. She was also an educator,social worker,and social reformer in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,and an independence activist in British India. She was Jawaharlal Nehru's sister-in-law and Indira Gandhi's maternal aunt.
Dorjee Khandu was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from 2007 until his death in a helicopter crash in April 2011.
Pema Khandu is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu. Since assuming the office of the Chief Minister in July 2016,he and his government have twice changed their party affiliation;in September from the Indian National Congress to the Peoples Party of Arunachal,and then in December 2016 to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Previously he had served as Minister of Tourism,Urban Development and Water Resources in Nabam Tuki's government.
Nabam Tuki is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He held this position twice between 2011 and 2016. His first term spanned between November 2011 and January 2016,while the second term merely lasted for 3 days in the month of July 2016. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is the last Congress Chief Minister to win re-election as of 2024.
Chowna Mein is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh,who has been serving as the state’s Deputy Chief Minister since July 2016 under the present Government formed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),with Pema Khandu as its Chief Minister. Mein holds the portfolio of Finance &Investment,Power &Non Conventional Energy Resources,Tax &Excise,State Lotteries,and Economics &Statistics.
Jambey Tashi was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Arunachal Pradesh,serving as the MLA of 1-Lumla constituency. He was also a Member of National Minority Morcha,BJP. Tashi had previously been a member of the Indian National Congress and People's Party of Arunachal. He was the brother of the current Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu.
The North-East Democratic Alliance is a political coalition that was formed on May 24,2016,by Bharatiya Janata Party. The motive of the new political front was to unite non-Congress parties in Northeast India. Himanta Biswa Sarma was appointed as the convenor of the front.
Takam Pario Tagar is an Indian politician serving as the Leader of Opposition in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. His real name is Takam Tagar but is affectionately called Pario. He won the 2009 elections on a PPA ticket to switch to Indian National Congress and won the 2014 elections on an Indian National Congress ticket and later switched to PPA to switch back to Congress again and is currently a member of Indian National Congress.
Chow Tewa Mein was an Indian politician from the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Dasanglu Pul is an Indian politician,a member of Bharatiya Janata Party from Arunachal Pradesh. She has been elected in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Hayuliang. She was one of the wives of Kalikho Pul,former Chief Minister of the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh for a brief time in 2016. On 26 April 2023,Guwahati High Court declared her election win in 2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as null and void due to concealment of information on her election affidavit.
Starting April 2015,the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh underwent a political crisis. The Indian National Congress party in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was divided between sporters of the serving Chief Minister Nabam Tuki and spotters of Kalikho Pul. In 2016,the President's rule was imposed ending Tuki's tenure as the chief minister. In February 2016,Kalikho Pul became the Chief Minister when 14 disqualified MLAs were reinstated by the Supreme Court. On 13 July 2016,the Supreme Court quashed the Arunachal Pradesh Governor J.P. Rajkhowa’s order to advance the Assembly session from 14 January 2016 to 16 December 2015,which resulted in President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh. As a result,Tuki was restored as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on 13 July 2016. But hours before proving majority,he resigned as the Chief Minister on 16 July 2016. He was succeeded by Pema Khandu,who in September 2016 left the INC and joined People's Party of Arunachal along with majority MLAs. He further joined BJP in December 2016 along with majority MLAs.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Arunachal Pradesh on April 11 to elect the 60 members of Legislative Assembly. The term of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly ends on June 1,2019. This resulted in a landslide victory for Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies. Pema Khandu took oath as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister on 29 May 2019.
Nakap Nalo is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He has been elected in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 2019 from Nacho constituency as candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the minister of Tourism and Transport &Civil Aviation departments in Second Pema Khandu ministry from 2019.
Taba Tedir is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He has been elected in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election in 2019 from Yachuli constituency as candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was minister of Education and Cultural Affairs and the department of indigenous affairs in Second Pema Khandu ministry from 2019.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Arunachal Pradesh on 19 April 2024 to elect the 60 members of the 11th Arunachal Pradesh Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 June 2024 the Bharatiya Janata Party has won the election massively with 46 out of 60 seats and Pema Khandu sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third time.
The Tenth Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh was constituted after the 2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections,which were concluded on 11 April 2019,and the previous assembly term ending on 1 June 2019.
