BJP scored a hat-trick in Arunachal, do you know how Kantu government's mantra worked?
The BJP has returned to power in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections for the third time. The BJP has won 46 seats in the 60-member assembly. BJP has won 4 more seats than in 2019. In the counting of votes held on Sunday, the BJP has given a crushing defeat to the opposition parties, especially the Congress. In the election results, NPP won 5 seats, NCP 3 and PPA 5 seats, Congress 1 seat and Independents 3 seats. Speaking after the victory, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Bema Kandu said that BJP's landslide victory in the assembly elections shows the support of the people of the border states for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 44-year-old Gandu also holds the distinction of being the youngest Chief Minister of the country. Attacking the Congress, he said that the Congress is an omnipotent force. Congress ruled Arunachal Pradesh for a long time. It had established a corrupt system. The Congress central leaders of the day never approved any work without bribes, but the BJP provided an alternative regime. He said that with the counting of votes for the national elections on June 4, the overwhelming victory in the legislative assembly elections held in the two North-Eastern states is a good sign. Let us tell you that many opinion polls have predicted a landslide victory for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. BJP has given priority to development in Arunachal Pradesh, BJP is focusing on infrastructure, roads and connectivity. These have proved decisive. Congress's defeat in North-Eastern states continues. It won only four seats in the last election. This time she narrowed it down to one. However, the BJP has set a new record by winning 46 of the 60 constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh. In the Assembly elections, the BJP polled 54.57 per cent of the votes, while the Congress' vote share dropped to 5.56 per cent. NCP got 10.43 percent votes, NPEP 16.11 percent votes, PPA 7.24 percent votes and others 5.26 percent votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party secured 54.57 percent of the votes, while 14 of the party's candidates, including Education Minister Thapa Tedir, failed. The minister lost to NCP candidate Togo Dadung in Yachuli constituency. A total of 20 candidates have won for the first time in the North Eastern state. Among them 11 are from BJP, 4 from NPP, two each from PPA and NCP and one is an independent. The opposition Congress fielded 19 candidates in the 60-member assembly, but managed to win only one seat, Pamang, where former state home minister Kumar Y defeated BJP's Topa Lamneo by a margin of 635 votes. State Congress president Napam Thugi said the party was “disappointed but not discouraged” by the election results. He said, “We will introspect the reasons for the failure and work on the system in the coming days. The National People's Party (NPP) won five seats with 16.11 percent of the votes, while the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won three seats with 10.43 percent of the votes. The Arunachal Pradesh People's Party (PPA), which won two seats, got 7.24 percent of the votes.