Newly appointed Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Thursday won the floor test in the Arunachal Pradesh legislative Assembly with the support of 40 legislators in the 58-member House.
Seventeen Congress MlAs, including former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, remained absent on the first day of the two-day session of House, which passed the vote of confidence motion without any opposition. Pul, who was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of the State on February 19, moved the motion seeking the confidence of the House and the newly-elected Speaker of the House Wangli lowang put the motion of confidence on a voice vote and urged the legislators to raise their hands if they wanted to support Pul.