Opposition parties demand resignation of Arunachal CM

Opposition parties in Arunachal Pradesh Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Pema Khandu over the violence in the capital complex on the permanent residence certificate (PRC) issue in which three persons were killed and many injured.

Opposition parties meeting was convened here under the chairmanship of former chief minister Gegong Apang, who recently joined the Janata Dal (Secular).

The meeting was also attended by Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Takam Sanjoy, National Peoples Party (NPP) legislature party leader Tanga Byaling and Peoples Party of Arunachal (PPA) president Kahfa Bengia.

Sanjoy told media persons that the meeting constituted an all-party coordination committee (APCC) with him as convener and decided that a 15-member delegation would meet state governor soon to submit a memorandum.

"Ouster of Khandu will be focal point and the governor should dismiss his government in case of his failure to do so, institute a commission of inquiry headed by either a sitting high court judge or retired chief justice and declare Risso Tari, Viki Ruja and Tsering Wangdi who were killed in firing for PRC as martyrs," Sanjoy said.

He said "the ruling government has lost its right to be on chair for creating the rampage by approving to grant PRC to non-Arunachalees living in the state ... without realising the sentiment of the masses."