When the Bharatiya Janata Party Leadership (BJP) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then BJP national president Amit Shah had to take a call on who will head the BJP government in Arunachal Pradesh and whether the present chief minister of the state-Pema Khandu, should continue, the leadership had to oversee several important issues.
The issues included-whether Khandu will be able to deliver, whether he will be able to ensure that no dissidence takes place within the party, and whether he will be able to run the party and the government taking along the senior BJP leaders of the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Finally, after a few hectic parleys, it was decided that Khandu will continue as the chief minister of the state, and since then the faith of the leadership on Khandu has gone up manifolds. Khandu was able to run a very clean and efficient government, which saw innovations at every step, along with friendly initiatives.
The people-friendly initiatives of the Khandu led BJP government ensured that the BJP wins a second term in the state and also managed to win both the Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Taking into account the winning feat that includes both the Lok Sabha seat and the lone Rajya Sabha seat, Khandu scripted history by forming the first-ever BJP government in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
In the first term of his chief ministership, though Khandu was given a free hand to take up initiatives, he faced multiple challenges at various levels, but his second term as the chief minister has been more decisive and positive.
This story is from the July 2020 edition of Northeast Today.
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