4 Arunachal MLAs in saffron fold

PTI

Itanagar, February 25

In a boost to the ruling BJP in Arunachal Pradesh ahead of polls, two Congress MLAs and as many legislators from the National Peoples’ Party (NPP) joined the BJP on Sunday.

Both the Congress and NPP now have two MLAs each in the 60-member Assembly. Senior Congress MLA and former Union Minister Ninong Ering and Wanglin Lowangdong, and NPP’s Mutchu Mithi and Gokar Basar joined the saffron party during a function at its headquarters here.

CM Pema Khandu and state BJP president Biyuram Wahge were present at the event. The Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls will simultaneously be held in the state later this year.

2 ex-Odisha MLAs join BJP

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the simultaneous Odisha Assembly and LS polls, former minister and four-time BJD legislator Debasis Nayak and former Congress MLA Nihar Ranjan Mohananda on Sunday joined the BJP. They were inducted into the BJP in the presence of party state chief Manmohan Samal.

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