{"id":276627,"date":"2026-01-18T00:22:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=276627"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:52:57","slug":"baf-should-be-trailblazer-for-society-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/baf-should-be-trailblazer-for-society-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"BAF should be trailblazer for society: CM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>LIKABALI, 17 Jan:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that the Bogum Ao Foundation (BAF) should be the trailblazer for the society in addressing issues like drug menace, HIV, students&#8217; dropout, women empowerment, and protecting the tribal heritage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the BAF foundation day celebration at Gogar here in Lower Siang district, the chief minister on Saturday congratulated the organisers for &#8220;sustaining the spirit of Ato Bogum afresh even after many decades,&#8221; and commended the philanthropic initiatives of the foundation, especially career counselling initiatives for youths and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the slogans &#8216;Viksit Bharat 2047&#8217; and &#8216;Viksit Arunachal 2047&#8217; are achievable targets and not just wild dreams, &#8220;the prerequisite for which is only the joint effort of all stakeholders in striving for it in right earnest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The theme of development is not limited to infrastructural development only; it is designed for overall societal development as well, and the government of the day has a clear-cut roadmap set to convert rich resources into revenue to achieve it,&#8221; said Khandu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Khandu unveiled Bogum Lwwnv &#8211; the statue of Ato Bogum, the legendary descendent of Abo Tani &#8211; in Likabali.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Speaker Kardo Nyigyor, who also attended the event, appealed to the BAF to &#8220;spearhead instilling the feeling of oneness among the younger generations and foster a greater one-Arunachal mindset among them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the organisers to reach un-reached corners of the state &#8220;and preach sermon on the need of education, awareness on drug abuse and ecology, and environment issues among the people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">56 Infantry Division Major General Vivek Bakshi urged the BAF to &#8220;continue maintaining the valiance and valour of Ato Bogum to fight and win against evils.&#8221; He said that the cordial civil-military relationship in India is the strength of the nation and the joints efforts of the government, Army and the society as a whole would place India at the top position in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIKABALI, 17 Jan: Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that the Bogum Ao Foundation (BAF) should be the trailblazer for the society in addressing issues like drug menace, HIV, students&#8217; dropout, women empowerment, and protecting the tribal heritage. Addressing the BAF foundation day celebration at Gogar here in Lower Siang district, the chief minister on Saturday [&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-276627","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\/276627","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=276627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}