Arunachal Assembly Panel Loses Patience — Pulls Up Government Departments Over Broken Promises

Arunachal Assembly Panel Loses Patience — Pulls Up Government Departments Over Broken Promises

Promises made on the floor of the House aren’t just words — and the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly’s Government Assurances Committee made that very clear on Wednesday. The Committee That Won’t Look Away The Committee on Government Assurances (GAC), chaired by MLA Laisam Simai, held its fifth sitting of the Eighth Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly … Read more

No More Delays: Deputy CM Chowna Mein Puts Arunachal’s Budget Promises Under the Microscope

No More Delays: Deputy CM Chowna Mein Puts Arunachal's Budget Promises Under the Microscope

Sitting on a Rs 36,607-crore budget and watching it collect dust was never going to be an option — and Chowna Mein made that crystal clear. The Man with Two Hats Means Business Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, called departments to account on Wednesday in a pointed … Read more

Minister Dukam Blinks First: U-Turn on 80:20 Reservation Remarks After AAPSU Fires Back

Minister Dukam Blinks First: U-Turn on 80:20 Reservation Remarks After AAPSU Fires Back

A minister walks back his own words. And in Arunachal Pradesh, that alone tells you everything about who holds the real pressure in this reservation battle. The Remark That Started It All Arunachal Pradesh Minister Nyato Dukam found himself in deep political water after making comments on the state’s highly sensitive 80:20 reservation ratio — … Read more

AAPSU Gives Minister Dukam a 12-Hour Ultimatum: Apologise or Face Our Wrath

AAPSU Gives Minister Dukam a 12-Hour Ultimatum: Apologise or Face Our Wrath

When a minister who’s supposed to lead the charge on reservation reform starts sounding like the opposition — people notice. And in Arunachal Pradesh, the students’ union has had enough. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) came out swinging on July 11, issuing a sharp public rebuke against Minister Nyato Dukam over his recent … Read more

Arunachal Minister’s Honest Warning: The 80:20 Job Quota Could Collapse in Court

Arunachal Minister's Honest Warning: The 80:20 Job Quota Could Collapse in Court

A senior minister has admitted what many quietly feared — the state’s job reservation policy may not survive a legal challenge. And that admission has set off a storm. The Warning Nobody Wanted to Hear Arunachal Pradesh Industries and IPR Minister Nyato Dukam dropped a political bombshell on Friday when he openly cautioned that the … Read more

AAPSU Draws a Hard Line: “Cancel the July 13 Meeting or Face Intensified Opposition”

AAPSU Draws a Hard Line: "Cancel the July 13 Meeting or Face Intensified Opposition"

The students’ union is not mincing words — and the state government would do well to listen. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union has thrown its full weight against a state government plan to hold a consultative meeting on whether the Kachari community of Namsai and Changlang districts should be granted Scheduled Tribe status in … Read more

Whose Road Is It Anyway? Youth Congress Fires Back Over Naharlagun Road Named After Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Whose Road Is It Anyway? Youth Congress Fires Back Over Naharlagun Road Named After Syama Prasad Mookerjee

A road in Naharlagun now bears the name of a Bengali politician who never set foot in Arunachal Pradesh — and the Youth Congress has had enough. The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has come out swinging against the Arunachal Pradesh government’s decision to name a newly constructed road in Naharlagun after Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, … Read more

From Students to Saffron: Former AAPSU Heavyweights Make a Big Move, Join BJP in Arunachal

From Students to Saffron: Former AAPSU Heavyweights Make a Big Move, Join BJP in Arunachal

Student politics and mainstream party politics have always had a complicated relationship in Arunachal Pradesh. But on Monday, that line got a lot blurrier — and the BJP is clearly not complaining. A Room Full of Big Names Several former leaders of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) officially joined the BJP on July … Read more

One Rule for All Won’t Work Here — Arunachal’s Ojing Tasing Tells Centre

When a state has villages tucked between mountain ridges with no roads and barely any connectivity, governance can’t be copy-pasted from a policy handbook. Arunachal Pradesh’s Panchayati Raj Minister Ojing Tasing made that exact point — and he didn’t mince words. A Voice from the Hills at a National Table On July 3, Tasing stood … Read more

“Not an Inch Will Be Given”: Arunachal’s New RS MP Tai Tagak Shuts Down China Incursion Buzz, Promises Ground Truth

"Not an Inch Will Be Given": Arunachal's New RS MP Tai Tagak Shuts Down China Incursion Buzz, Promises Ground Truth

Arunachal Pradesh’s freshly elected Rajya Sabha MP landed home on Thursday — and walked straight into a storm of questions about China. <br> A Hero’s Welcome at Hollongi Tai Tagak, who was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, touched down at Donyi Polo Airport in Hollongi on July 2 to a reception that was anything … Read more