Itanagar, June 11: The newly elected BJP-led Arunachal Pradesh government is likely to assume office on June 13 under chief minister Pema Khandu.

The parliamentary board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday appointed senior party leader and former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and party’s National General Secretary Tarun Chugh as the party’s central observers to elect the legislature party leader of Arunachal Pradesh.

Prasad and Chugh would likely arrive in Itanagar on Wednesday when the BJP’s newly elected MLAs would meet to elect the legislature party leader.

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The results of the Assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh, which were held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election, were announced on June 2, two days before the declaration of results of the Lok Sabha election.

The BJP, secured 46 seats five more than in the 2019 elections in the 60-member Assembly for which elections were held on April 19. Of the 46 seats bagged by the BJP, 10, including that of CM Khandu, were won uncontested before the polls.

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