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	Arunachal Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arunachal Congress is a regional political party in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
		AC was founded in September 1996 as a splinter-group of Indian National Congress, when the local party leader and Chief Minister Gegong Apang revolted against the then Congress leader P.V. Narasimha Rao.
		One of the exministers, Mukut Mithi, split and formed the Arunachal Congress (Mithi).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arunachal_Congress (637 words)

	A defection drama
		Defection by 34 Congress legislators in Arunachal Pradesh leads to the toppling of the Mukut Mithi government and the return of Gegong Apang as Chief Minister, amidst allegations of insurgents having played a role in the drama.
		The Congress(I) government in Arunachal Pradesh led by Mukut Mithi was reduced to a minority on July 27 when 34 legislators quit the party to join hands with former Chief Minister Gegong Apang and floated a new political platform, the United Democratic Front.
		The Congress leadership, which believes that the NDA has begun resorting to the "narrow politics of dislodging Congress governments for petty gains", fears that similar moves may be made in other Congress-ruled States such as Manipur and Meghalaya.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2017/stories/20030829004603100.htm (1272 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		Buoyed by the outcome, the Congress tonight said it was a string of victories for the party under the stewardship of Sonia Gandhi which began on May 13 with the Lok Sabha polls, added a PTI report.
		A senior Arunachal Congress leader, Domin Loya, said from Itanagar that since most of the Independent legislators owe their allegiance to either Apang or Mithi, there was very little chance that an anti-Congress coalition would be cobbled together.
		A Congress insider said most of the Mithi loyalists, belonging to the group of 18 who had not joined Apang in toppling his rival?s government, have lost the elections.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041011/asp/nation/story_3868117.asp (431 words)

	Events: Arunachal Pradesh; Party's over; Aug 10, 2003. The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Four years after Mukut Mithi of the Congress staged a coup ousting the state's longest serving chief minister Gegong Apang, it is now the turn of wily Apang to turn the tables on Mithi.
		Apang was unanimously elected leader of the party and the Speaker recognised Congress (D) as a separate entity in the House.
		Congress spokesman Takam Sanjoy has said the NSCN(IM) was promised Union territory status of Tirap and Changlang districts in the ongoing Naga talks.
	www.the-week.com /23aug10/events2.htm (597 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		It was in August 2003 that Mukut Mithi-led Congress government had been toppled by Apang splitting the party to create Congress(D) which ultimately merged with BJP thus giving a high-profile presence to the safron party in the state.
		Apang, however, rejoined Congress soon after NDA was voted out of power at the Centre after a gap of eight years since quitting the party and forming Arunachal Congress in 1996.
		Apang was chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for a record 19 years since 1980 and during whose tenure it became a state in 1987.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=254906 (746 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : CLP meet tomorrow to elect Arunachal Chief Minister
		The decks have been cleared for the installation of a new Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh with the party securing a majority by winning 34 of the 60 Assembly seats.
		The AICC in-charge of Arunachal Pradesh, Imran Kidwai, said the new Chief Minister would be elected by the CLP.
		The Congress Working Committee member, Ramesh Chennithala, said on phone from Itanagar that the process of electing a new leader of the CLP would be smooth.
	www.hindu.com /2004/10/12/stories/2004101203811100.htm (578 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Congress on its own won 29 seats compared to 5 won by the Telegu Desam Party led by Chandra Babu Naidu which was a complete reversal of their seat position in the outgoing parliament.
		In the concurrent state elections the Congress inflicted a massive defeat on the TDP which had held office in Hydarabad over the last decade and was seen as one of the vanguard states of the IT revolution in India.
		This significant gain by the Congress may be viewed in the context of the decisive victory by the BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi in the recent state assembly elections in Bihar in the wake of the communal massacres in the state, reportedly initiated by the RSS, the parent body of the BJP.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/06/01/d406011501107.htm (2523 words)

	Pasighat Hill Stations in Arunachal Pradesh,Famous Pasighat Hill Stations,Arunachal Pradesh Major Hill Stations
		Maps of A.P. Welcome to Pasighat, the oldest town of Arunachal Pradesh established in 1911.
		Pasighat and its surrounding areas can rightly be termed as the heart of Arunachal Pradesh because of their central location in the state.
		The place is an archaeological site in Arunachal pradesh situated at the Arunachal-Assam border in the Likabali area of the West Siang district.
	indiantravelportal.com /arunachal-pradesh/hillstations/pasighat.html (1579 words)

	Arunachal Pradesh
		Arunachal Pradesh is a safe heaven for Assam and Naga militants, which have training camps and protected hideouts in the state.
		Arunachal Pradesh, "the land of the dawn-lit-mountains", is one of the last unspoilt wildernesses now under Indian colonial occupation.
		Entering Arunachal, the road to Tawang runs through rugged hills, engulfed by virgin forests, with silver ribbons of rivers far below; a complete contrast to the denuded paddy bowls of Assam, though most of the Himalayan foothills must once have looked like this.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/arunachal-pradesh.htm (859 words)

	Congress(I) sweep
		IN a landslide victory, the ruling Congress(I) won the two Lok Sabha seats and 53 seats in the 60-member Legislative Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh, decimating the Arunachal Congress, led by Gegong Apang, former Chief Minister, and once again proving that the people of this hilly northeastern State are opposed to the growth of regional forces.
		In Arunachal West, Jarbon Gamlin won by 55,000 votes against Union Minister of State Omak Apang of the Arunachal Congress.
		In the 1998 Lok Sabha elections, the Arunachal Congress allied itself with the BJP.
	www.hindu.com /fline/fl1622/16220330.htm (700 words)

	Arunachal Congress also for poll boycott
		The All Arunachal Pradesh Student Union (AAPSU) had called for the poll boycott to protest against the Election Commission's order for inclusion of Chakma-Hajong refugees in the state's electoral rolls.
		In a press statement in Itanagar, party spokesman Takam Sanjoy said that the Congress endorsed the statement of its Rajya Sabha member Nabam Rebia on poll boycott and challenged the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to spell out its stand on the refugee issue.
		Sanjoy, a former AAPSU president, said the Congress is yet to declare its candidates for the two parliamentary seats in the state and demanded a full-fledged public debate on the refugee issue.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/mar/24aruna.htm (275 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		The Congress was today poised to retain power in Arunachal Pradesh having bagged 25 seats, six of short of majority on its own in the the 60-member state assembly with counting for 14 more seats to be taken up tomorrow.
		However, Congress lost a number of heavyweights, including Home minister L Wanglat, PWD minister Lechi Legi and Parliamentary Affairs minister T L Rajkumar in the face of stiff fight from rebel party candidates contesting as Independents and BJP, NCP and Arunachal Congress, after many years.
		Arunachal's first Chief Minister P K Thungon, who ruled the then union territory for two years as a Janata Party leader from 1978, lost from Bomdila to a BJP candidate polling only 819 votes and coming fourth.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=254711 (856 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast
		As campaigning ends today, the main battlelines have been drawn: Kamen Ringu of the Arunachal Congress, with almost three decades of experience in politics, pitted against the young Khiren Rijiju of the BJP.
		Rijiju, who is also the general secretary of the party’s state committee, is cut up with the Congress and Arunachal Congress alliance for its criticism of the Centre and the BJP government in the state on the issue.
		However, the Congress-Arunachal Congress alliance is not wasting a single opportunity to attack the BJP, both at the Centre and the state.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040504/asp/northeast/story_3201744.asp (578 words)

	Mirage crashes after wheels fall off, pilots safe; Congress party faces test in powerhouse Maharashtra; Security beefed ...
		According to informed source, the Trinamul Congress leader is well-aware of the steady erosion in the BJP's support base after the Lok Sabha elections and expects a realignment of political forces after the Maharashtra Assembly polls.
		The Trinamul Congress chairperson is also wary of the outcome of Assembly by-elections in three constituencies, Shyampukur, Jorabagan and Entally held on October 9.
		This strategy proved partly successful during the Lok Sabha polls when the state Congress was able to raise its tally from three to five, while the number of Trinamul Congress members in the Lower House was reduced to one from eight.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2004/oct04/oct1204_news.html (2040 words)

	Deori asserts to strengthen Congress in Arunachal
		Newly appointed Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Padmashree Omem Moyong Deori today made it clear her efforts would be to unite all party cadres irrespective of status, in order to strengthen the party.
		Addressing a press conference here this morning the long serving Congress Working Committee (CWC) member said her first priority would be to revive the party and to strengthen the hands of Chief Minister Gegong Apang and AICC chief Sonia Gandhi.
		Expressing her desire to see the Congress get majority in the next Parliamentary elections, Mrs Deori, while referring to frequent charges levelled by opposition against the chief minister, said, ''We have to safeguard our government'', adding ''no body should be spared trying to break the government''.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060829/435518.html (279 words)

	States; Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim: Confidence Vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Last year, Apang formed the Arunachal Congress (ac), taking in tow practically the entire Congress -- Mithi too had gone along but returned to the Congress later -- to ally with the BJP at the Centre.
		Gegong is the lone MLA from the ac in the Assembly, this, after he contested two seats but won one.
		While the people of Arunachal may have wanted a leadership change, the Congress high command just wants a change in attitude from Mithi.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/19991025/states3.html (484 words)

	News Headings
		ITANAGAR, April 12 (PTI) — The Congress was today back in power in Arunachal Pradesh following the merger of the ruling Arunachal Congress (M) with it in a realignment of forces.
		The merger raises Congress’ strength in Parliament by two, one each in Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha.
		The merger raises the strength of the Congress to 28 in the 60-member Assembly.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99apr13/head3.htm (111 words)

	Congress retains Arunachal Pradesh
		The new leader of the Congress Legislature Party is likely to be elected on October 13 with Apang, who won from his traditional Tuting-Yingkiong seat defeating the BJP's Ojing Komboh, emerging as the front-runner.
		It was in August 2003 that Apang toppled the Mukut Mithi-led Congress government by splitting the party to create Congress (D), which ultimately merged with the BJP thus giving a high-profile to the saffron party in the state.
		It was during his tenure that Arunachal Pradesh became a state in 1987.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/oct/11aruna1.htm (247 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - Cong On Course To Retain Power In Arunachal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Itanagar, Oct. 10 (NNN): With the Congress on Sunday well on course to retain power in Arunachal Pradesh, the race for the state’s chief ministership was hotting up here between the two main contenders for the post - Gegong Apang and Mukut Mithi.
		Among other Congress winners T were G Rinpoche, a Buddhist monk and a member of the Gegong Apang ministry, C C Singpho, deputy leader of the opposition Congress when it was in opposition, former Speaker and Education Minister Tako Dabi and former minister Wanki Lowang.
		Contenders Race: Meanwhile, the Congress inching closer to retaining power in the state, the two main contenders for the post of Chief Minister are Gegong Apang and Mukut Mithi.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=101004070610 (1014 words)

	South Asian Media Net
		During this period there were two camps in the Congress: the Garam Dal, or Extremists (literally "hot faction"), and the Naram Dal, or Moderates (literally "soft faction");depending on their attitude towards the British.
		Until recently, the Congress Party was the main opposition party at the Center (i.e., the central or federal government) and has also formed the government in a majority of Indian states.
		Congress (I) withdrew their support in less than a year, hoping to gain power with the support of various United Front constituent groups, and Inder Kumar Gujral became the next Janata Dal Prime Minister.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/india/india_politicalparties.cfm (2451 words)

	SNEHA
		The Chakmas and Hajongs, who now constitute the fourth largest community in Arunachal, have been in the State since the early sixties when they fled to India from erstwhile East Pakistan, fearing religious persecution following their displacement by a mega-dam project.
		The ethnically touchy and contentious issue of granting voting rights to the Chakma and Hajong settlers in Arunachal Pradesh is bound to damage the prospects of the ruling BJP, which hopes to clinch both the seats.
		AAPSU leaders have urged the political parties not to participate in the elections, and asserted that unless the names of the Chakma-Hajong 'refugees' were removed from the electoral rolls, they would not allow elections in the State.
	www.sneha.org.in /sneha/paperclips.html (813 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Others in the UDF included two associate members of the Congress, one member of the Arunachal Congress (Apang himself) and one unattached member Mr L. Wanglat, he said.
		Congress chief spokesman Jaipal Reddy said today that the party had sought time for a meeting with the Prime Minister.
		He said the Congress was not opposed to the peace process in Nagaland but it should not be used for political ends.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030729/main5.htm (493 words)

	Untitled Document
		The biggest strength of the Congress party is that our workers are there in every village, lane and ward of the country.
		I congratulate you for being vigilant in Arunachal Pradesh.
		This will send a message to the masses that we are not in politics only for vote and power but also for the welfare of the whole society.
	www.congresssandesh.com /dec_2k/speech9.html (955 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		The Congress has however been caught on the wrong foot following the Election Commission’s directive that all voters have to produced any one of the 14 specified documents like driving license, voter ID card, passport, ration card etc. as proof of identity during voting.
		That the Congress know it has a fight on its hands in Assam is evident from the fact that Sonia Gandhi spent two full days in the state, a month after she addressed a rally in Guwahati on March 9.
		If the Congress is in trouble in Assam and Manipur, BJP’s government in Arunachal Pradesh is also at loggerheads with the All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) over the issue of the Chakma-Hajong refugees.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main1.asp?filename=Ne041704hanging.asp (835 words)

	Congress abducts defected Arunachal MLA - Sify.com
		Itanagar: The political stalemate in Arunachal Pradesh took a new twist with the alleged kidnapping of defected Congress MLA Nyato Rigia by the Congress supporters on Thursday.
		Condemning the "unethical and undemocratic" activities of the Congress leaders under the supervision of AICC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes, presently camping in Itanagar, Wanglat alleged that three businessmen were here with Rs 10 crore to purchase the UDF leaders.
		He defected from the Congress along with 37 Legislators and joined the UDF in a bid to oust the Mukut Mithi Government in the state.
	sify.com /fullstory.php?id=13214302 (360 words)

	States: Arunachal Pradesh: Fall of the Titan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After reigning supreme for 19 years over the affairs of Arunachal Pradesh, Apang -- the country's longest serving chief minister after veteran West Bengal leader Jyoti Basu -- was bundled out ignominiously when his Arunachal Congress (AC) lost the vote of confidence in the 60-member state Assembly on January 18.
		After being a part of the Janata Party government in 1978, he switched loyalties to the Congress and became a chief minister in 1980.
		In September 1996, Apang broke away from the Congress to launch the AC, which is now a part of the ruling coalition at the Centre.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/01021999/arunachal.html (646 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The vote in Arunachal Pradesh, a frontier state that shares a long border with China, is the first face-off between the centrist Congress party and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since the May federal election that swept Congress to power in a surprise victory.
		Although Arunachal does not have a history of violence like many other states in the volatile region, police said security was high as they did not want a recent wave of separatist attacks in the region to spill over.
		The poll in Arunachal will be followed by elections in Maharashtra, India's second-largest state and home to Bombay, the country's financial hub.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/10/08/wor02.html (209 words)

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