| | | The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh and the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) in Sikkim secured landslide victories in the assembly elections held on April 19, according to results declared on Sunday. In Arunachal Pradesh, the BJP won 46 out of the total 60 seats, with chief minister Pema Khandu, who has been in power since 2016, expected to continue for another term. The National People’s Party (NPP) came second with 5 seats, followed by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) with 3 seats, Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA) with 2 seats, Congress with 1 seat, and 3 seats secured by independents. | | The Big Story SKM sweeps Sikkim, BJP bags 3rd Arunachal term The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh and the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) in Sikkim secured landslide victories in the assembly elections held on April 19, according to results declared on Sunday. Chief minister Pema Khandu thanked voters for their support and attributed the victory to the development work done by the BJP governments at the Centre and in the state. “This is a historic win for the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh. In 2014, we had bagged 41 seats and this time we secured 46. I thank the people of the state for this win. The development work done in the state in the past 10 years under PM Modi’s government at Centre played a big role in the win,” Khandu told journalists in Itanagar. Read More | | The Big Question Why has Kejriwal returned to Tihar jail? Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal returned to Tihar jail on Sunday evening after the 21 days’ interim bail he was granted by the Supreme Court to campaign in the general elections ended. He surrendered before prison authorities at Xpm, after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, offering prayers at the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place and addressing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and workers at the party office, where he said the exit polls that predicted a comfortable sweep for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the elections were “absolutely fake”. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | FROM THE EDIT PAGE General Elections 2024: Through a gender lens darkly No party can ignore us any longer. That would explain the grand announcements and the lofty promises, from eliminating cervical cancer to job reservations; from unconditional cash transfers to night shelters for migrant women. But what does the just concluded seven phase-long election really tell us about political parties and their stand on gender? I think this much is clear: Read more. | | | | Photo of the day Mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off | | | | Written and edited by Kartikeya Ramanathan. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
