Arunachal CM, 4 BJP Candidates Set to Get Elected To Assembly Uncontested

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and four other BJP candidates are set to get elected as MLAs uncontested. Till last date of the filing of nomination papers on Wednesday, no other candidate has filed nomination from their assembly seats.

In Arunachal Pradesh, elections for the Lok Sabha and Assembly are being held together. Voting for the 60-member assembly and two Lok Sabha constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh will be held on April 19.

Fifteen candidates will also try their luck for the two Lok Sabha seats in the northeastern state.

“Single nomination paper has been filed in five assembly constituencies. We hope that a few more (seats) will be added by the last day of withdrawal,” said Khandu to the news agency PTI.

This will be Khandu’s fourth tenure as MLA in which he won three times uncontested. He is contesting from the Mukto constituency in Tawang district.

Four other candidates who are set to win uncontested include Jikke Tako from Tali, Nyato Dukom from Taliha, Ratu Techi from Sagalee, and Mutchu Mithi from Roing as the Congress nominees and other candidates withdrew their candidatures on Wednesday.