NEW DELHI: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
on Tuesday appointed former Union minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad
and the party’s general secretary
Tarun Chugh
as
central observers
for the
of
chief minister
after the recently concluded assembly election in the state.
BJP returned to power in Arunachal Pradesh for the third time in a row, as the party won 46 seats in the 60-member assembly and secured a majority, Election Commission officials said.
Votes were counted for 50 assembly segments for which elections were held in the northeastern state along with Lok Sabha polls on April 19. The remaining 10 seats were won by the saffron party uncontested.
Of the 50 seats, the BJP secured 36 seats and chief minister Pema Khandu is one of the 10 candidates who won unopposed.
The National People’s Party (NPP) bagged five seats, while the People’s Party of Arunachal won two seats and the NCP secured three. Congress won one seat, and Independent candidates emerged victorious in three constituencies.
