When the votes are being counted — or in this case, the voters — every political party suddenly has opinions. And in Arunachal Pradesh right now, those opinions are getting very loud. BJP MLA and party state spokesperson Topin Ete stepped before the cameras in Itanagar on Sunday, October 4, with one clear mission — … Read more
The voter list is shorter by over 21 percent. Congress wants to know exactly why — and it wants that answer constituency by constituency. When Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Electoral Officer published the Final Photo Electoral Roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 on September 22, the numbers told a striking story. The state’s registered … Read more
Arunachal Pradesh just published its final electoral roll — and almost two lakh names didn’t make the cut. The state election office released the official voter list on Tuesday, September 22, showing a total of 6,96,026 registered electors. That’s a drop of 1,91,479 from the figure that existed before the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, … Read more
There’s something raw and unapologetic about the way Arunachal’s students’ union responded to the Kuki Human Rights Council — and honestly, they didn’t mince a single word. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) on September 8 launched a sharp counter-attack against the Manipur-based Kuki Human Rights Council (KHRC), after the latter wrote to both … Read more
Violence is never the answer — and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu made that crystal clear on Sunday when he stepped in to address the unrest brewing in Changlang district over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Khandu directly appealed to students, youth, and residents of the district to calm down, respect the … Read more
A verification exercise meant to clean up voter rolls turned ugly in Changlang district — and now Arunachal’s most prominent student body is speaking out. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) stepped forward on Friday to set the record straight about what its members were doing at the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing in … Read more
What started as a peaceful demonstration outside a government office in Arunachal Pradesh turned into something far uglier on Friday. By the time police fired shots into the air and tear gas filled the streets of Bordumsa, at least one student leader was bleeding from a machete wound — and a quiet town in Changlang … Read more
What was supposed to be a routine administrative hearing turned into something far more alarming on Thursday, as the small town of Bordumsa in Arunachal Pradesh became the flashpoint of a violent confrontation that has left the region rattled and on edge. A deeply tense situation erupted in Bordumsa over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision … Read more
Nobody was mincing words this time. All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union (AAPSU) president Meje Taku stepped forward Thursday with a blunt, unambiguous warning — any attempt to threaten, intimidate or obstruct AAPSU members carrying out their duties during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Changlang district’s Bordumsa-Diyun area will not be tolerated. Not even … Read more
Getting an electoral roll right isn’t just paperwork — it’s the foundation of every vote that counts. With less than a month to go before the final voter list is published, Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh is firmly in the middle of one of its most critical administrative exercises of the year. On August … Read more
