Arunachal Pradesh assembly dissolved, cabinet seeks polls next month

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Assembly was dissolved by Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma on Thursday night on the recommendation of the state cabinet which demanded holding of state elections along with Lok Sabha polls next month. The cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nabam Tuki recommended the dissolution of the Assembly demanding simultaneous state elections along with the Lok Sabha polls. “The Cabinet favours simultaneous Assembly polls along with Lok Sabha poll on April 9 to minimise election expenditure, which comes roughly around Rs 70 crore,” Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi told PTI. [caption id=“attachment_1423131” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Tuki is the current chief minister of the state. Image courtesy: Ibnlive[/caption] The Lok Sabha election in Arunachal Pradesh would be held on 9 April and a notification in this regard would be issued on 15 March. The Governor would send the recommendation to the Election Commission for its consideration, Raj Bhawan sources said, adding that the announcement of simultaneous state polls has to be made before 15 March. The 60-member Assembly has 55 Congress members, 3 of BJP, one of People’s Party of Arunachal and an independent. PTI