Wangki Lowang

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Wangki Lowang a politician from Bharatiya Janata Party is a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Namsang in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly since 1999. He was member of Indian National Congress until December 2015. He was one of 21 MLAs who broke from Indian National Congress to join People's Party of Arunachal. He became Speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in February 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] Alo Libang is his deputy. [5]

In July 2016, he was one of the 30 MLAs of People's Party of Arunachal to defect back to Indian National Congress.

In December 2016, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party along with thirty two MLAs.

  1. Wangki Lowang all set to become next Speaker of Arunachal Pradesh Assembly
  2. Arunachal Chief Minister, 29 Cong MLAs join PPA : PTI
  3. Wangki Lowang selected as Speaker
  4. Wangki Lowang all set to be Arunachal assembly Speaker
  5. "Alo Libang elected Arunachal deputy speaker". ToI . Retrieved 20 October 2016.

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