{"id":274063,"date":"2025-11-20T00:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=274063"},"modified":"2025-11-20T00:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:41:33","slug":"governor-condoles-maras-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/governor-condoles-maras-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor condoles Mara&#8217;s demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 19 Nov:<\/strong> Governor K.T Parnaik condoled the death of former MLA Punji Mara and offered prayers for eternal peace of the departed soul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mara was a committed leader and a dedicated social activist and in his demise, the state has lost a compassionate lawmaker who devoted his life to uplifting the downtrodden and working tirelessly for the betterment of society, the Governor said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;His sincere service, unwavering dedication, and steadfast commitment to the welfare of the people will always be remembered with profound respect and gratitude,&#8221; he said in a condolence message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Governor said that his contributions left a meaningful impact on the state and will continue to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also conveyed condolences to the bereaved family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tamin Welfare Society (TWS) deeply mourned the passing away of Mara and termed his demise a great loss to the Tagin community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mara breathed his last on 18 November at Daporijo after a prolonged illness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Mara was not only an eminent politician but also a pioneering social worker who always worked towards bridging communal harmony among tribes of Upper Subansiri district,&#8221; the TWS said in a condolence message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0&#8220;He was the architect of modern education in the Taliha-Nacho undivided assembly constituency and created important infrastructures in various departments, especially in education and health sectors,&#8221; the society said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also worked tirelessly for the promotion, preservation and protection of indigenous faith and culture of Tagin tribe, the society said in a condolence message.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TWS prayed to the Almighty to give strength to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Mara&#8217;s last rites were performed on Wednesday. MLAs Nyato Dukam, Taniya Soki and Tapen Siga attended the funeral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 19 Nov: Governor K.T Parnaik condoled the death of former MLA Punji Mara and offered prayers for eternal peace of the departed soul. Mara was a committed leader and a dedicated social activist and in his demise, the state has lost a compassionate lawmaker who devoted his life to uplifting the downtrodden and working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274063","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=274063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}