Incumbent Pema Khandu will be sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister on Wednesday after the State BJP won the recent Assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP legislature party in Arunachal Pradesh has elected Khandu as their leader during a meeting on Monday. Later, Khandu accompanied by legislator and former Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein and state BJP chief and MP Tapir Gao called on State Governor Brig BD Mishra at Raj Bhavan in Itanagar and staked claim to form the next Government.
Khandu informed the Governor about the meeting consisting of 41 elected members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the BJP and said 40 members have unanimously elected him as their leader in seventh Legislative Assembly of the State.