Former Arunachal CM Gegong Apang launches new political party- Arunachal Democratic Party (ADP)

Gegong Apang shared that the newly launched party will contest the upcoming election in all 60 assembly seats

In a big political development, former Arunachal chief minister Gegong Apang launched a new political party, the Arunachal Democratic Party (ADP), today at Itanagar.

The newly formed party aims to root out corruption in the state and provide ample employment opportunities to the youth, youth, women, and farmers who have been deprived of employment opportunities for the last five years.

Apang, after the launch, told Northeast Live that the main motto of the party is to fulfil the expectations of the youth of the state.

He also shared that the newly launched party will contest the upcoming election in all 60 assembly seats, including both the eastern and western parliamentary seats in the state.

When asked if the party was launched ahead of the upcoming elections, Apang said that it was moved before that, but the election commission took some time to process it.

Gegong Apang served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from 18 January 1980 to 19 January 1999 and again from August 2003 to April 2007.

He is a member of the Janata Dal (Secular).

Gegong Apang started his political career as a member of the Congress Pradesh Council between 1972 and 1975 after passing out from JN College, Pasighat.

In 2003, he was elected leader of the newly formed United Democratic Front, a coalition of his own political party, the Arunachal Congress and several others.

Later, Apang and his supporting MLAs merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first time the BJP had ever ruled a state in north-eastern India.

A few months after the BJP led National Democratic Alliance lost the 2004 general election, Apang returned to the Indian National Congress.

In October 2004, Congress won the majority in state assembly election, making Apang return as the Chief Minister.

Apang resigned from the Congress on 17 February 2014 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 20 February 2014 prior to Indian general election and Arunachal Pradesh legislative assembly election.
On 15 January 2019 he resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined Janata dal (Secular).

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