{"id":57893,"date":"2019-01-21T00:19:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T18:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=57893"},"modified":"2019-01-21T00:19:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T18:49:07","slug":"shun-money-culture-in-elections-cheda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/01\/21\/shun-money-culture-in-elections-cheda\/","title":{"rendered":"Shun money culture in elections: Cheda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PIPU, Jan 20:<\/strong> Former Arunachal Press Club (APC) president Chopa Cheda urged the people to &#8220;shun money culture,&#8221; while addressing the gathering at the closing ceremony of the silver jubilee celebration of the Likwa Gyadi Baptist church here in East Kameng district on Sunday.<br \/>\nCheda also commended the &#8216;Clean election campaign&#8217; initiated by the Nyishi Baptist Church Council (NBCC).<br \/>\n&#8220;Churches can play a major role with such initiatives for a corruption-free state and fair elections, and produce good leaders for society,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nStressing on preservation of tradition and culture, he appealed to the people to give equal space to other religions also.<br \/>\n&#8220;One of the major teachings of Jesus is to give respect and love to others, and we should follow his teachings without discrimination to others,&#8221; Cheda said.<br \/>\nExpressing concern over poor infrastructure and connectivity in Pipu and Gyawepurang circles for decades, he urged the locals to &#8220;choose a leader who can work and stand for his people, irrespective of party or area.&#8221;<br \/>\nNBCC general secretary Tarh Choya elaborated the &#8216;Clean election campaign&#8217; of the NBCC.<br \/>\n&#8220;We should refrain from taking money for votes, consuming alcohol during elections, violating the adult franchise by underage enrollment, bogus voting, misunderstanding and violence during elections within the family,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nFormer Gyawepurang ZPM Demo Gyadi, the event&#8217;s organising committee member Pebo Gyadi and others also spoke.<br \/>\nThe event also featured games, cultural presentations and a community feast. An audio album was also released on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PIPU, Jan 20: Former Arunachal Press Club (APC) president Chopa Cheda urged the people to &#8220;shun money culture,&#8221; while addressing the gathering at the closing ceremony of the silver jubilee celebration of the Likwa Gyadi Baptist church here in East Kameng district on Sunday. Cheda also commended the &#8216;Clean election campaign&#8217; initiated by the Nyishi [&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-57893","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\/57893","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=57893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}