{"id":80364,"date":"2019-10-01T01:32:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=80364"},"modified":"2019-10-01T01:32:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:02:13","slug":"chakat-aboh-three-others-file-nominations-for-khonsa-west-bye-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/10\/01\/chakat-aboh-three-others-file-nominations-for-khonsa-west-bye-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Chakat Aboh, three others file nominations for Khonsa West bye-election"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n[ Tongam Rina ]<\/strong>
\nITANAGAR, Sep 30:<\/strong> Four candidates have filed their nominations for the Oct 21 Khonsa West bye-election. All four are Independent candidates.
\nThe scrutiny of nomination papers is slated for Oct 1 while last date for withdrawal of nomination is Oct 3.
\nChakat Aboh who is the consensus candidate of BJP, Congress, NCP, PPA and JD (U) filed her nomination this morning amidst heavy security.
\nThe other candidates are former Parliamentary Secretary Yumsen Matey, Wangchu Lowang, former Lazu Congress ZPM Azet Homtok.
\nWangchu Lowang is the dummy candidate for Chakat Lowang.
\nThe bye-election is being held following the murder of Tirong Aboh along with 10 others on May 21 while they were returning to Khonsa from Assam.
\nThe Tirap massacre, believed to be carried out by the NSCN (IM) happened just two days before declaration of April 11 election results.
\nTirong Aboh of NPP had won the election defeating Phawang Lowang of the BJP by more than 1000 votes. The total electorate of Khonsa West Legislative constituency is slightly more than 10,000 voters as of Jan 2019.
\nPhawang Lowang, who had sought the BJP ticket for the bye-election is not contesting.
\nChakat Aboh, who returned to Khonsa from Itanagar, after a press conference, attended by all political parties and the Chief Minister Pema Khandu where she was declared the consensus candidate on Sept 28 had an emotional welcome.
\nHer supporters lined up the entire route leading to Aboh Niwas, in Khonsa.
\nChakat Aboh wept as she was welcomed home with flowers. She later addressed a large gathering where she thanked the political parties and the Chief Minister Pema Khandu for making her the consensus candidate.
\nSpeaking to this daily, Chakat Aboh said she is prepared for election.
\nAzet Homtok who was the Congress’s Lazu Anchal Block ZPM during 2009-14 said that he will decide whether to stay or withdraw from the election after consultation with the voters. All I want is peaceful election, he added.
\nYumsem Matey, also from Lazu said that he is standing because there is pressure from workers to stand for the bye-election.
\nHe said that peace is what he is looking for in the constituency. Peace is important, he said.
\nMatey was elected as an MLA on Congress ticket in 2009. In 2015, he switched to BJP. I have resigned from BJP, he said.
\nThe candidatures of Matey and Homtok have come as a surprise to political parties as Chakat Aboh was declared the consensus candidates.
\nInsiders say that either Matey or Homtok is likely to withdraw, though both the candidates said otherwise while speaking to this daily.
\nIt all depends who the state leadership takes this forward, said a political party worker from Khonsa West.
\nEven as the Chief Minister Pema Khandu is reported to be firmly in support of the Chakat Aboh, questions are being asked why the state BJP leadership did not make her the party candidate instead of endorsing her as an independent candidate.
\nChakat Aboh’s supporters had sought a BJP ticket for her before she was chosen the consensus candidate.
\nPolitical parties reportedly had taken the decision to endorse her to avoid an election.
\nIt remains to be seen whether the Khonsa West will witness a contest.
\nMeanwhile, preparation is underway in Tirap for a violence free election.
\nDEO, Tirap PN Thungon said that administration is fully prepared to conduct peaceful election.
\nAn official source said that security has been enhanced in the entire district prior to the election and adequate police personnel have been posted. A DIG and two SPs are being sent to Khonsa to oversee security.
\nThe state police had come under severe criticism for their failure to provide security to Tirong Aboh during and after the election. The state police, under scrutiny had said that it should not be faulted for intelligence failure.
\nTirong Aboh who was under threat from NSCN (IM) had just four security personnel assigned to him when he was murdered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[ Tongam Rina ] ITANAGAR, Sep 30: Four candidates have filed their nominations for the Oct 21 Khonsa West bye-election. All four are Independent candidates. The scrutiny of nomination papers is slated for Oct 1 while last date for withdrawal of nomination is Oct 3. Chakat Aboh who is the consensus candidate of BJP, Congress, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80364","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\/80364","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=80364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}