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	A defection drama
		Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang in Itanagar.
		Apang, who has had a love-hate relationship with the Congress for the past several years, soon after assuming office, announced that he had decided to be part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
		Thus Apang sent a message to the BJP leadership that he was all for strengthening his party's relations with the NDA and that he would look up to the NDA for help.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2017/stories/20030829004603100.htm (1272 words)

	Uphill task for Apang
		Apang's return to the Congress, however, checked the advance of the BJP as the party was heavily banking on his popularity to capture power.
		Gegong Apang's son Omak Apang was elected from Arunachal West and was later inducted into the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ministry.
		Apang was waiting for an opportune moment to avenge this political humiliation and his patience paid off when the Mithi government was reduced to a minority after 35 Congress MLAs parted ways with him on July 27, 2003.
	www.hindu.com /fline/fl2122/stories/20041105006001900.htm (1628 words)

	Arunachal Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Apang took with him 54 members of the legislative assembly (of a total of 60) of Arunachal Pradesh to his new party.
		The son of Gegong Apang, who had been elected from the constituency Arunachal West, was appointed a minister in the Centre government.
		In total Apang was able to gather 41 MLAs around gum, and on August 3 Apang was again sworn in as Chief Minister of the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arunachal_Congress (637 words)

	Apang downslide marks Arunachal politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Apang was the undisputed leader and his every word was accepted as gospel.
		Faced with bitter criticism by some of his cabinet colleagues, Apang initiated the unwise action of dropping five of his senior colleagues including the present chief minister Mukut Mithi who was home minister in his cabinet.
		Ultimately, Apang was ousted from the post of chief minister by his own colleagues and defeated on the floor of the House though a non-confidence motion on January 19, 1999.
	www.assam.org /news/ab/apang_downslide_marks_arunachal_.htm (311 words)

	Gegong Apang rejoins Congress
		Former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang today rejoined the Congress party along with his Cabinet colleagues.
		The move is a big jolt to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.
		Apang and his ministerial colleagues were welcomed to the party fold by AICC Media department Chairperson Girija Vyas and CWC member Ramesh Chennithala, who is in-charge of party affairs in the state.
	www.nrilinks.com /news/n/8/13965.aspx (95 words)

	States: Arunachal Pradesh: Fall of the Titan
		Apang, of course, is a veteran at crushing dissent.
		Though Apang claims credit for maintaining peace in the state despite being in a trouble-torn region, there can be little doubt about the disenchantment with his 19-year rule.
		Apang's son Omak was suddenly thrust into the limelight as the AC candidate over senior and more experienced contenders.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/01021999/arunachal.html (646 words)

	Apang to head Arunachal govt for 21st year - Sify.com
		Itanagar: Gegong Apang on Saturday returned to the helm of power in Arunachal Pradesh heading a Congress government for his 21st year as chief minister, a record which is surpassed only by Jyoti Basu in West Bengal.
		Apang was elected to the first legislative assembly of the state in 1978 and was appointed its PWD and agriculture minister.
		Apang along with his flock returned to the Congress fold in August this year in New Delhi, a step which was seen to be in sync with the practice in the North East of supporting and forming governments by the party in power at the Centre.
	sify.com /news/politics/fullstory.php?id=13591107 (544 words)

	Gegong Apang: The comeback kid! - Sify.com
		And Gegong Apang corrected that this morning after sitting silently for nearly three-and-a-half years as the lone Opposition member in the 60-member House.
		Apang became member of the Upper Siang Pradesh Council in 1972 and after that he had never turned back with the Chief Ministership coming at 1980.
		Apang was ousted in an almost identical manner by these very MLAs in 1999 to elect Mithi as the Chief Minister.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13216227 (428 words)

	A defection drama
		Mithi stated that he would not accept Apang's claim to chief ministership and that there should be a trial of strength on the floor of the House.
		Apang, who has had a love-hate relationship with the Congress for the past several years, soon after assuming office, announced that he had decided to be part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
		Thus Apang sent a message to the BJP leadership that he was all for strengthening his party's relations with the NDA and that he would look up to the NDA for help.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl2017/stories/20030829004603100.htm (1272 words)

	Events: Arunachal Pradesh; Party's over; Aug 10, 2003. The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Apang was unanimously elected leader of the party and the Speaker recognised Congress (D) as a separate entity in the House.
		Apang, who was chief minister for 19 years, quit the Congress in 1996 to form the Arunachal Congress, an ally of the BJP.
		Apang was the sole opposition member in the House.
	www.the-week.com /23aug10/events2.htm (597 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		"Chief Minister Mukut Mithi was defeated in the floor of the assembly by a voice vote and a new government would be sworn in soon under the leadership of Gegong Apang," state assembly speaker Tamiyo Taga, told AFP by phone.
		Gegong Apang, a former chief state minister, leads the newly-formed United Democratic Front (UDF).Chaos blanketed the legislature with Mithi accusing Apang of working hand-in-glove with Naga tribal separatist militants to topple the Congress government.
		Some politicians and analysts say Apang lured away the clutch of lawmakers with promises he would put an end to an ongoing military crackdown on outlawed rebels belonging to their regional Naga tribe.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/08/04/wor02.html (256 words)

	30 pilgrims killed in Uttarkashi bus accident; Lord Ganesha has killed fish!; Navratri gala all set to start under ...
		Apang to be Arunachal's 10th CM Itanagar: Gegong Apang will be sworn in as the tenth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday at a function in the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan here.
		Apang will be sworn in as the state's chief minister for the seventh time.
		Born on January 10, 1947 at remote Karku village in Upper Siang district, Apang was elected from the Yingkiong-Pangin constituency on a Janata Party ticket in 1978 and was appointed as PWD and Agriculture Minister.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2004/oct04/oct1504_news2.html (1527 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - Cong On Course To Retain Power In Arunachal
		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.
		Apang joined the BJP and used the NDA's clout to bring over most of the Congress MLAs to his side.
		Apang was back in the Congress and is now, along with Mithi, one of the two main contenders for the Chief Ministers chair.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=101004070610 (1014 words)

	The Assam Tribune online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Among other Congress winners were G Rinpoche, a Buddhist monk and a member of the Gegong Apang ministry, CC Singpho, deputy leader of the opposition Congress when it was in opposition, former Speaker and education minister Tako Dabi and former minister Wanki Lowang.
		Omak Apang, son of Chief Minister Geogong Apang was leading over his BJP rival Dr T Tapak at Pasighat West, BJP, which did not contest the last Assembly elections in the state, has fielded 34 candidates this time after taking over the reins of power last year.
		Ruling Arunachal Pradesh Congress chief Mukut Mithi, one of the strong contenders for the post of Chief Ministr besides incumbent Gegong Apang, today suggested loyality might not be the sole criterion for chosing the man for the top post and the important thing is to provide a stable government in the State.
	www.assamtribune.com /oct1104/at01.html (642 words)

	Nagalim.NL News
		Apang, however, admitted that the inter-state boundary problem among the States of the North Eastern Region was a “burning one” even as he maintained that this would not come in the way of a concerted and unified effort by the States of the region to achieve development.
		Mr Apang expressed hope at the next general conference for which his state would be the host, all concerned Chief Ministers and PCC chiefs would be present.
		The meeting was attended by Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang, former Mizoram chief minister Lalthan-hawla, former Sikkim chief minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari, legislators from Assam and Nagaland, besides Meghalaya deputy chief minister Mukul Sangma.
	www.nagalim.nl /news/00000066.htm (5971 words)

	Apang returns to Cong in pre-election jolt to BJP - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang, in a major pre-election shock to the BJP, deserted the party and returned to the Congress along with all his ministerial colleagues on Saturday.
		Mr Apang, who holds the record as the longest-serving chief minister in the country after West Bengal’s Jyoti Basu, announced the decision to rejoin the Congress at AICC headquarters in the presence of the party’s leader in charge of Arunachal Pradesh, Ramesh Chennithala, and AICC media department chairperson Girija Vyas.
		Mr Apang described the development as a “homecoming” and said, “It is the Congress party alone which has always had a presence at the grass-root level in Arunachal Pradesh.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug292004/n12.asp (521 words)

	Rejuvenate health sector in the state: Apang
		Arunachal Chief Minister Gegong Apang has said that the precarious health scenario in the state needs to be rejuvenated.
		The chief minister, who was on a four-day sojourn to Upper Siang district recently, said Rs 60 lakh has been allocated for renovation of the district hospital while central assistance would be sought for major works.
		Mr Apang said there are scarcity of employees in health sub-centres, primary health centres and community health centres.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Health/20060606/355525.html (84 words)

	Apang likely to be CM : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Gegong Apang is a frontrunner for the chief ministerial post if he wins his seat —counting for his constituency will be taken up on Monday.
		Unless he is defeated or there is a last minute change in plans, Apang is likely to be elected as leader of the legislature party.
		In hindsight, Apang’s move to join the BJP along with his cabinet ministers seems to have given the saffron party a profile in the state though the chief minister returned to the Congress before the elections.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Sep/14/5922_1051142,0015002200000207.htm (471 words)

	Conversion issue: Apang best bet for BJP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In fact, Mr Apang started a residential public school -- Dony Polo Vidya Bhawan -- in Itanagar some years ago with the twin purpose of educating Arunachali children and sustaining their faith in the tribal customs.
		The three-member central ministerial team visiting Arunachal Pradesh last week must have realised that despite the Sangh pariwar's presence in the state for several years, it would be difficult for the BJP to hoist its own cadres in the political battle.
		People like Gegong Apang, with malleability so characteristic of a veteran politician, is thus the best bet for the BJP in the land of Donyi Polo.
	www.hvk.org /hvk/articles/1003/53.html (670 words)

	Rebels join hands with Gegong Apang- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		GUWAHATI: The wheel turned a full circle in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday as former chief minister Gegong Apang staked claim to form a government after engineering a split in the ruling Congress, headed by Mukut Mithi.
		Apang met governor Vinod Chandra Pande at 3 pm, after 34 of the 59 Congress legislators in the 60-member House submitted their resignation from the ministry and the party to the Speaker.
		Later, we formed the United Democratic Front with 38 members and I was elected the leader,ââ Apang told TNN from Itanagar after a meeting at Hotel Bomdila.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?msid=97774 (214 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Mr Gegong Apang, leader of the newly formed United Democratic Front (UDF), today met Arunachal Pradesh Governor V C Pande at the Raj Bhavan along with 41 legislators to stake claim to form the government.
		Mr Apang, a former Chief Minister, said he was ready to prove his majority on the floor of the House if an emergency session was summoned.
		Giving details of the constituents of the 42-member UDF, Mr Apang claimed that 38 of the 56 members of the CLP had broken away from the party and the split had been approved and accepted by the Speaker today.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030729/main5.htm (493 words)

	SNEHA
		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.
		Chief Minister Gegong Apang, however, asked the students' organisation not to disrupt the poll process as 'the vexed Chakma-Hajong issue' could be sorted out by the elected people's representatives.
		A core committee, comprising members of the AAPSU and all the major political parties, was formed with Chief Minister Apang as its chairman and AAPSU leader Domin Loya as convener to thrash out the contentious issue of granting voting rights to the Chakmas and the Hajongs.
	www.sneha.org.in /sneha/paperclips.html (813 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - Apang Is Arunachal Chief Minister 7th Time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Itanagar, Oct. 16 (NNN): Gegong Apang was sworn in as the Congress Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the seventh time on Saturday.
		Fiftyseven-year-old Apang was administered the oath of office by Governor VC Pande at the Rajbhavan.
		It was boycotted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had said it would stay away as Apang had betrayed the people of the state and the party by joining Congress at the 11th hour before the polls.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=101604020522 (373 words)

	Sonia grills CMs, makes Apang cry- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Then it was Arunachal Pradesh CM Gegong Apangâs turn for the interrogation session.
		Apang, by now visibly upset by the tough going, was almost in tears.
		As for a plan to develop the state, Apang said, he subscribed to the mantra of three Pâs â” privatepublic partnership.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1256787,prtpage-1.cms (498 words)

	tribuneindia... Nation
		ITANAGAR, Jan 10 Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad today rejected Chief Minister Gegong Apang’s recommendation for dissolving the assembly and summoned the state legislature on January 18, asking Mr Apang to prove his majority on the floor of the House.
		ITANAGAR, Jan 10 (PTI) Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad today rejected Chief Minister Gegong Apang’s recommendation for dissolving the assembly and summoned the state legislature on January 18, asking Mr Apang to prove his majority on the floor of the House.
		The Governor said that 31 legislators — 22 of the ruling Arunachal Congress, four of the Congress and five independents — called on him this afternoon and staked claim to form an alternative government under the leadership of Mr Mukut Mithi who, they said, was chosen leader of the Arunachal Congress (M) Legislature Party.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jan11/nation.htm (5048 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Shri Gegong Apang, who had held the record for the longest term of Chief Ministership of a State after Jyoti Basu of West Bengal, returned to power on August 3, after the Congress Ministry led by Mukut Mithi was defeated the previous night in voting on his motion seeking confidence of the 60-member State Assembly.
		Shri Gegong was sworn in as the Chief Minister by Governor V.C. Pande on Sunday, along with 35 other Ministers.
		Shri Apang had ruled Arunachal Pradesh since 1980 during which the Pradesh became a full-fledged State of the Union from a Union territory earlier known as NEFA (North-East Frontier Agency).
	www.bjp.org /today/Aug_0203/aug_02_p_17.htm (290 words)

	Northeast A journey in search of elusive peace
		Arunachal Pradesh saw the ouster of the government of Gegong Apang, the second longest-serving chief minister in India.
		Only Assam presented a different picture: insurgency was on the wane and Prafulla Kumar Mahanta seemed firmly saddled in power, despite occasional rumblings of dissent against his leadership within the party and though the party lost the Lok Sabha polls yet again.
		The leader of the flock was Mukut Mithi, whom Apang had sacked in May, 1997, when the latter was the home minister.
	www.assam.org /news/af/northeast_a_journey_in_search_of.htm (722 words)

	THE NORTH EAST TRIBUNE
		Itanagar, Oct 16: Gifted with rare political acumen, Gegong Apang was sworn in as 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh here today in presence of newly elected MLAs, dignitaries and top ranking officials in simple function held at Raj Bhawan.
		The swearing in ceremony was organized amidst the boycott of BJP led opposition MLAs, who decided to boycott the function on the ground of Apang being betrayed the people of Arunachal Pradesh as well as the ‘BJP’ at the eleventh hour by joining the congress party.
		Immediately after the swearing in ceremony function, Chief Minister, Apang said the composition of new ministry would be discussed at New Delhi, where PCC Chiefs meeting has been convened with the UPA Chairman and AICC, President, Sonia Gandhi on October 18 last.
	www.northeasttribune.fcpages.com /3406.htm (217 words)

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