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Arunachal MLAs ask Sonia to nominate CLP leader
40 of the 42 Cong legislators in Arunachal adopted a one-point resolution authorising Sonia Gandhi to appoint a new CLP leader in the state.
Itanagar: Forty of the 42 Congress
legislators in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday adopted a one-point
resolution authorising AICC president Sonia Gandhi to appoint
a new Congress Legislature Party leader in the state.
The resolution was read out to newsmen by AICC observer and Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to reporters.
The party MLAs held a meeting at which Shinde and other two observers, former DoNER minister BK Handique and party`s general secretary and state unit in-charge Dhaniram Shandil were present. The other two party MLAs are the Speaker and Wangki Lowang. Lowang did not attend the meeting.
A majority of Congress legislators led by dissident leader Nabam Tuki have demanded a change in leadership in the government headed by Garbom Gamlin.
On October 29, both Gamlin and his party rival PCC chief Tuki had offered to resign from their posts. The AICC president had met both of them that evening. The rift between Tuki and Gamlin had become a major issue dividing the party along ethnic lines in the state with the majority of Congress MLAs demanding Gamlin`s resignation for his alleged "authoritarian rule".
Gamlin was sworn in as chief minister on May 5 after the death of former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu in a helicopter crash on April 30.
Besides the Congress, the Trinamool Congress has 5 members, NCP-5, People`s Party of Arunachal 4, BJP-3 besides a lone Independent in the 60-member House.
The Trinamool Congress and the NCP provide outside support to the Congress government.
PTI
The resolution was read out to newsmen by AICC observer and Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to reporters.
The party MLAs held a meeting at which Shinde and other two observers, former DoNER minister BK Handique and party`s general secretary and state unit in-charge Dhaniram Shandil were present. The other two party MLAs are the Speaker and Wangki Lowang. Lowang did not attend the meeting.
A majority of Congress legislators led by dissident leader Nabam Tuki have demanded a change in leadership in the government headed by Garbom Gamlin.
On October 29, both Gamlin and his party rival PCC chief Tuki had offered to resign from their posts. The AICC president had met both of them that evening. The rift between Tuki and Gamlin had become a major issue dividing the party along ethnic lines in the state with the majority of Congress MLAs demanding Gamlin`s resignation for his alleged "authoritarian rule".
Gamlin was sworn in as chief minister on May 5 after the death of former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu in a helicopter crash on April 30.
Besides the Congress, the Trinamool Congress has 5 members, NCP-5, People`s Party of Arunachal 4, BJP-3 besides a lone Independent in the 60-member House.
The Trinamool Congress and the NCP provide outside support to the Congress government.
PTI