Nitish Kumar today suffered a further setback as six of his seven MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh defected to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Among the leaders who left JDU to join BJP are Talem Taboh from Rumgong Constituency, Hayeng Mangfi from Chayang Tajo, Jikke Tako from Tali, Dorjee Wangdi Kharma froom Kalaktang, Dongru Siongju from Bomdila and Kanggong Taku from Mariyang-Geku.
PTI reports that the JD-U had final month suspended Siongju, Kharma and Taku right after issuing show-bring about notices for “anti-party” activities. The six JD(U) MLAs had earlier elected Talem Taboh as the new Legislature Party leader allegedly without the need of the expertise of senior celebration members, the report mentioned.
The JD-U was the second biggest celebration right after the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh. In 2019, Nitish Kumar’s celebration contested 15 seats and emerged victorious on 7. The BJP was the single biggest celebration with 41 seats whilst the Congress below the leadership of Nabam Tuki could win just 4 seats. Now with the fresh defection, the JDU has been decreased to just 1 MLA in the 60-member House.
This comes barely a month right after Nitish Kumar was decreased to his historical low in lately held assembly elections in Bihar. Many think that it was the BJP which by style permitted Chirag to contest assembly polls against JD-U. Results showed that by Chirag’s entry, the votes at some locations split amongst LJP and JDU, resulting in a lesser quantity of seats to Nitish Kumar. JDU got just 43 seats, 28 much less than what it had got in 2015.
Apart from this, the lone MLA from the People’s Party of Arunachal, Kardo Nyigyor, has also joined the BJP. Now, the saffron celebration has 48 MLAs in the House.