Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI): After the Bharatiya Janata Party secured 46 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh assembly, Chief Minister Pema Khandu thanked the people and assured them that the BJP government would fulfill all the promises made by the party in its poll manifesto.
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 rest 10 seats were won by the BJP party uncontested. The BJP won 46 seats in the 60-member assembly.
"I bow in gratitude to the great people of Arunachal Pradesh for their continued trust in the vision of PM Narendra Modi ji and sincere efforts of Team Arunachal in taking care of the well-being of every section of society," Pema Khandu posted on X.
He vowed not to let the "process of building a self-reliant Arunachal Pradesh get derailed under any circumstances."
"Your overwhelming support to BJP4Arunachal is in sync with our collective commitment and endeavours to take the state to the zenith of inclusive development. It's our firm resolve not to let the process of building a self-reliant Arunachal Pradesh derailed under any circumstances," he said.
Pema Khandu also thanked "hard-working karyakartas (workers)" of the party."
"I would also like to put on record my heartfelt thanks to the hard-working karyakartas of the party for registering a stunning victory in the assembly polls," he said.
He further assured the people of the state that the BJP-led Arunachal Pradesh government will work to "fulfill all the promises as laid out in our party's poll manifesto."
"Ever grateful to the leadership of BJP4India president JP Nadda Ji, Hon'ble Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and senior party leaders for their guidance and support in winning the battle of ballots," he said.
The BJP has already won 10 seats unopposed in Arunachal including seats of Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein in March itself.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Arunachal Pradesh for reposing their faith in the Bharatiya Janata Party again and said the party will keep working with even "greater vigour" for the state's growth.
"I would like to appreciate the hard work of the exceptional BJP4Arunachal Karyakartas through the election campaign. It is commendable how they went across the state and connected with the people," PM Modi posted on X.
National People's Party (NPEP) has won five seats. The People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) is won two seats, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won three seats and Congress won one seat. The independent candidates won three seats.
Independent candidates Wanglam Sawin, Laisam Simai, and Tenzin Nyima Glow won from the Khonsa, Nampong, and Thrizino-Buragaon seats.
In the 2019 Assembly elections, the BJP won 41 seats in Arunachal Pradesh. The Janata Dal (United) bagged seven, the National People's Party (NPP) five, Congress four, and the Peoples Party of Arunachal (PPA) one. Two independents also won in the Assembly polls. All except one Congress MLA, former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, joined the BJP. (ANI)
