Pema Khandu named as next Arunachal Pradesh CM

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Pema Khandu-led BJP in Arunachal Pradesh won the assembly polls by securing a landslide victory by winning 46 seats in the 60-member assembly...

Pema Khandu is set for another term as chief minister of Arunchal Pradesh after he was re-elected as the BJP legislature party leader in the state..

National People's Party won five seats, Nationalist Congress Party won three seats, two seats were won by the People's Party of Arunachal, one by Congress and three by the Independent in the recently concluded assembly polls in the state..

Born into a prominent political family in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu completed his early education in Tawang and later pursued higher education in New Delhi, where he attended the prestigious Hindu College..

After the BJP retained power in Arunachal Pradesh registering a huge victory in the 2024 assembly elections, Khandu termed it a "historic day" and said the results showed "pro-incumbency" for the state government..

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