{"id":242193,"date":"2024-06-14T00:45:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=242193"},"modified":"2024-06-14T00:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:15:26","slug":"pema-khandu-takes-oath-for-third-time-ministry-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/pema-khandu-takes-oath-for-third-time-ministry-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Pema Khandu takes oath for third time, ministry sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 13 Jun:<\/strong> Pema Khandu took oath as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive term on Thursday, and became the second longest-serving CM of the state, after Gegong Apang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khandu, along with an 11-member council of ministers, including DCM Chowna Mein, Forest Minister Mama Natung, and PHED Minister Wangki Lowang, was administered oath by Governor KT Parnaik in a glittering ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The swearing-in ceremony was witnessed by union Home Minister Amit Shah, union Health Minister and party president JP Nadda, union Parliamentary Affairs &amp; Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, and a host of other dignitaries at Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khandu first took charge as chief minister amid political instability after the then (late) Kalikho Pul&#8217;s PPA government was overturned by a Supreme Court ruling, which reinstated the then chief minister Nabam Tuki on 13 July, 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I am grateful to my fellow BJP MLAs for placing their faith in me. I also put on record my sincere thanks to our MPs, party leaders, and workers for working day in and day out in ensuring a resounding win in the polls. Now let&#8217;s work together harder to further speed up the pace of all-round growth in Arunachal Pradesh and realise the goal of an inclusive and developed India by 2047,&#8221; Khandu said on his X handle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khandu, a graduate from Hindu College in Delhi University, is the eldest son of former chief minister late Dorjee Khandu, who died in a helicopter accident on 30 April, 2011 while on a constituency visit to Tawang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BJP won 46 seats in the 60-member state Assembly in the assembly election, which had been held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though there are 60 members in the state Assembly, polling took place only in 50 constituencies as 10 ruling BJP candidates, including Khandu, won their seats unopposed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, eight new faces have been inducted into the council of ministers: state BJP president Biyuram Waghe; former legislative assembly speaker and Mechukha MLA Pasang Dorjee Sona; Palin MLA Balo Raja; Taliha MLA Nyato Dukam; Aalo East MLA Kento Jini; Panging MLA Ojing Tasing; Hayuliang MLA Dasanglu Pul; and Kanubari MLA Gabriel D Wangsu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former civil aviation minister Nakap Nalo, food &amp; civil supplies minister Kamlung Mossang, and RWD minister Honchun Nangdam could not make the list this time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 13 Jun: Pema Khandu took oath as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive term on Thursday, and became the second longest-serving CM of the state, after Gegong Apang. Khandu, along with an 11-member council of ministers, including DCM Chowna Mein, Forest Minister Mama Natung, and PHED Minister Wangki [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-242193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}