Politics / Arunachal

ITANAGAR, Dec 21? The tiny state of Arunachal Pradesh witnessed a political upheaval in 2003 that saw ruling Congress suffering a split leading to the fall of Mukut Mithi government and giving BJP the first taste of power in a north- eastern state under the leaderdship of veteran Gegong Apang, who came out of political wilderness.

Though discontent among Congress MLAs surfaced in the middle of the year, it thickened to change the political scenerio when a sizeable number of ministers and MLAs set up a camp at local hotel Bomdila on September 27. Of the total 58 Congress MLAs, including two...

ITANAGAR, May 25 ? Senior Congress leader Lijum Ronya, who was recently dropped by Chief Minister Mukut Mithi from his cabinet, said the Congress stood no chance of returning to power in the net Assembly elections if Mithi remained at the helm, reports PTI. Mithi dropped Ronya, who was in charge of the ministry of forest and horticulture, from his cabinet on May 21 without citing any reason.

?My ouster from the ministry was not justified ... let the people judge my achievement in various departments like education, power, environment and forest and horticulture,? Ronya told reporters here on...

ITANAGAR, May 2— Arunachal Pradesh Minister for Rural Works Department Tingpong Wangham and a former minister T L Rajkumar were arrested by police under Arunachal Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act, 2002 for their alleged nexus with ultras of NSCN factions active in Tirap and Changlang districts, official sources said.

Wangham and Rajkumar were arrested on Wednesday from their official residences and hunt was on to nab another former minister Lwanglat in connection with the case, the sources said. The two leaders were produced during the day before the designated court of special judge...

ITANAGAR, April 11 — All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) has cautioned the central and state governments of ‘serious consequences” if the inclusion of Chakmas and Hajongs in the state’s electoral rolls was not stopped immediately, reports PTI.

Quoting EC notification of March 31 asking Arunachal Pradesh government to enroll Chakmas and Hajongs in the voters list, AAPSU president Dominic Tadar told reporters here that the union along with other student bodies in the state would soon announce an agitational programme to “defeat the Centre and Election Commission’s design to include...

ITANAGAR, April 2 – Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi has dropped the Minister of State for Fisheries, Relief and Rehabilitation Lichi Legi from his Council of Ministers, reports PTI.

“The Governor, Arvind Dave, has withdraws his pleasure in respect of Legi holding the office of Minister of State with immediate effect on the advice of the Chief Minister,” an official notification said here Sunday.

The Fisheries portfolio has been allocated to Cabinet Minister Kahfa Bengia in addition to his Trade and Commerce portfolio, said a separate notification.

Now the Council of Ministers...

March 24: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio’s call for a merger of all Naga-inhabited contiguous areas under a single administrative roof has once again ruffled the feathers of the three neighbouring Congress-ruled states.

Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have reacted sharply to the NDA-friendly Nagaland chief minister’s remarks on “Greater Nagaland”, saying that such a demand was unacceptable to them. They were of the opinion that the statement could only add to the “confusion”.

During his visit to New Delhi last week, Rio had suggested to the Centre that all Naga-inhabited contiguous...

ITANAGAR, Feb 20 — Arunachal Pradesh government has taken up with the Defence Ministry to strengthening road communication along McMahon line in view of the ongoing massive infrastructural development across the border in China, reports PTI. “Security of the country should be the utmost consideration,” said Takam Sanjoy, government spokesman and education minister of Arunachal Pradesh, which has about 1500 km international border with China.

Development of the state’s border area could not be ignored in view of its “strategically sensitive” nature and Arunachal Pradesh government had drawn...

ITANAGAR, Feb 16 — The Arunachal Pradesh Government and the Centre were thinking of relaxing the Inner Line Permit (ILP) and Restricted Area Permit (RAP) systems for promoting tourism in the State, Chief Minister Mukut Mithi said Wednesday, reports PTI.

“We have not taken any decision to withdraw the ILP and RAP but contemplating to relax it,” the Chief Minister Mukut Mithi told reporters at the ‘Festival of Arunachal’ here. Mithi said both the ILP and RAP were introduced under the Bengal Frontier Regulation Act 1873 which could not be easily scrapped. At the same time, development of tourism...

GUWAHATI, Feb 12 ? The China Government?s action of developing infrastructure all along the international border may pose grave security threat to India and the Arunachal Pradesh Government has already informed the Centre about the development. This was disclosed by Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Takam Sanjoy, who is also the State Government spokesman.

Talking to The Assam Tribune here on his way to Itanagar from New Delhi, Sri Sanjoy said that the border with China should be taken very seriously by the Government of India as ?we do not want a repeat of 1962?. He said that the China...

ITANAGAR, Feb 1 ? Arunachal Pradesh has opposed the inclusion of some parts of the state territory in greater Nagalim. However it made it clear that the government is not against the peace talks between New Delhi and NSCN (IM) leaders. "The State government is not against the peace process which should be within the ambit of the territory of Nagaland and within the framework of Indian Constitution", Takam Sanjoy Minister, Education and government spokesman told media persons, on Friday.

Sanjoy emphatically stated that not a single inch of land of Arunachal Pradesh would be parted with...