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'''Arunachal Congress''' ('''AC''') was a regional [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]].
'''Arunachal Congress''' ('''AC''') was a regional [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]].


It was founded in 1996 as a splinter group of [[Indian National Congress]], when the local party leader and Chief Minister [[Gegong Apang]] revolted against the then Congress leader [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/oct/11aruna1.htm | title=Congress retains Arunachal Pradesh | date=11 October 2004 | publisher=Rediff | accessdate=2 February 2020 }}</ref>
It was founded in 1996 as a splinter group of the [[Indian National Congress]], when the local party leader and Chief Minister [[Gegong Apang]] revolted against the then Congress leader [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/oct/11aruna1.htm | title=Congress retains Arunachal Pradesh | date=11 October 2004 | publisher=Rediff | accessdate=2 February 2020 }}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==


Apang took with him 54 members of the legislative assembly of a total of 60 of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] to his new party. In the [[Lok Sabha]] elections 1998 AC won both seats of Arunachal Pradesh.
Apang took with him 54 members of the legislative assembly of a total of 60 of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] to his new party. In the [[Lok Sabha]] elections in 1998 AC won both seats of Arunachal Pradesh.


The party received 172 496 votes (52,47% of the votes in the state). AC allied itself with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was a founding member of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]. [[Omak Apang]] the son of [[Gegong Apang]], who had been elected from the constituency Arunachal West was appointed a minister in the Centre government.
The party received 172 496 votes (52,47% of the votes in the state). AC allied itself with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was a founding member of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]. [[Omak Apang]] the son of [[Gegong Apang]], who had been elected from the constituency Arunachal West was appointed a minister in the Centre government.
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Ahead of the [[Lok Sabha]] elections of 1999 AC ran in alliance with BJP. [[Omak Apang]] stood in Arunachal West (came second with 70 760 votes, 30,07% in that constituency). In Arunachal East Rajkumar now back in INC defeated the BJP candidate.
Ahead of the [[Lok Sabha]] elections of 1999 AC ran in alliance with BJP. [[Omak Apang]] stood in Arunachal West (came second with 70 760 votes, 30,07% in that constituency). In Arunachal East Rajkumar now back in INC defeated the BJP candidate.


One reason, its claimed, that the AC-BJP combine fared so badly was that several armed factions especially the powerful [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland]] in the area worked against them.
One reason, it claimed, that the AC-BJP combine fared so badly was that several armed factions especially the powerful [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland]] in the area worked against them.


The legislative assembly elections same year gave even worse results. AC launched 38 candidates, but only one (Gegong Apang) was elected. In total the party got 68 645 votes (16,68% of the votes in the state).
The legislative assembly elections the same year gave even worse results. AC launched 38 candidates, but only one (Gegong Apang) was elected. In total the party got 68 645 votes (16,68% of the votes in the state).


Ahead of the [[2004 Lok Sabha elections]] the political map of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] had been redrawn yet again. 25 July 2003 there was a new split in the INC, and a new party [[Congress (Dolo)]] was formed.
Ahead of the [[2004 Lok Sabha elections]] the political map of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] had been redrawn yet again. 25 July 2003 there was a new split in the INC, and a new party [[Congress (Dolo)]] was formed.


Apang formed a front called United Democratic Front consisting of himself, Congress (D), an expelled Congress MLA and two independents. In total Apang was able to gather 41 MLAs around gum, and on 3 August Apang was again sworn in as Chief Minister of the state.
Apang formed a front called the United Democratic Front consisting of himself, Congress (D), an expelled Congress MLA and two independents. In total Apang was able to gather 41 MLAs around gum, and on 3 August Apang was again sworn in as Chief Minister of the state.


On 30 August Apang joined BJP] and took with his 41 MLAs. Thus BJP controlled a state government in the North-East for the first time.
On 30 August Apang joined BJP] and took with his 41 MLAs. Thus BJP controlled a state government in the North-East for the first time.
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Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections AC talked about calling for a boycott, as a protest against that [[Chakma people|Chakma]] and [[Hajong people|Hajong]] refugees had been given the right to vote in the state. In the end the party did however decide to contest, this time allied with Indian National Congress. AC launched its new party president, [[Kamen Ringu]], in Arunachal West. Ringu came second and got 76 527 votes (34,54% in that constituency). In Arunachal East INC had launched a candidate, who also came second.
Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections AC talked about calling for a boycott, as a protest against that [[Chakma people|Chakma]] and [[Hajong people|Hajong]] refugees had been given the right to vote in the state. In the end the party did however decide to contest, this time allied with Indian National Congress. AC launched its new party president, [[Kamen Ringu]], in Arunachal West. Ringu came second and got 76 527 votes (34,54% in that constituency). In Arunachal East INC had launched a candidate, who also came second.


In the legislative assembly elections 2004 AC had put up 11 candidates, out of whom two were elected.
In the legislative assembly elections in 2004 AC had put up 11 candidates, out of whom two were elected.


The leadership of the party is called Arunachal Congress Working Committee (ACWC).
The leadership of the party is called Arunachal Congress Working Committee (ACWC).
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Just before the 2009 Assembly election, Arunachal Congress merged with Indian National Congress.
Just before the 2009 Assembly election, Arunachal Congress merged with Indian National Congress.


== List of Chief Minister ==
== List of Chief & Union Ministers ==
'''Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
!
|-
!Constituency
!Portrait
!Name
!Term
!Period
!Governor
|-
![[Tuting–Yingkiong Assembly constituency|Tuting–Yingkiong]]
|[[File:Gegong Apang.jpg|thumb]]
|[[Gegong Apang]]
|
|
|[[File:Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Mata Prasad.jpg|thumb|Mata Prasad ]]
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="7" |Union Minister of State
|-
!Constituency
!Portrait
!Name
!Ministry
!Term
!period
!Prime Minister
|-
![[Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal West]]
|[[File:Omak Apang Lok Sabha photo.jpg|thumb]]
|[[Omak Apang]]
|[[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of State for Tourism]] in [[Second Vajpayee ministry]]
|20 March 1998-13 October  1999
|'''1 year 207 days'''
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]]]
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"


* [[Gegong Apang]]: From 18 January 1980 to 19 January 1999
|-
|-
 
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="6" |Members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
|-
!Year
!Lok Sabha
!Sr.
no.
!Name
!Constituency
!Margin
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[File:Indian General Election 1998.svg|thumb]][[1998 Indian general election]]
| rowspan="2" |[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|'''1.'''
|[[File:Omak Apang Lok Sabha photo.jpg|thumb|[[Omak Apang]]]]
|[[File:Arunachal West Lok Sabha 2008.svg|thumb|[[Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal West]]]]
|
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[Wangcha Rajkumar]]
|[[File:Arunachal East Lok Sabha 2008.svg|thumb|[[Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal East]]]]
|
|}
 
== Elected Members of Legislative Assembly  ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |Members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
|-
!Year
!Sr.
no.
!Name
!Constituency
!Margin
|-
![[File:India Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1999.svg|thumb]][[1999 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|'''1.'''
|[[Gegong Apang]]
|[[Tuting–Yingkiong Assembly constituency|Tuting–Yingkiong]]
|
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |Members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
|-
!Year
!Sr.
no.
!Name
!Constituency
!Margin
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[File:2004 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election results.jpg|thumb]][[2004 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|'''1.'''
|[[Daklo Nidak]]
|[[Daporijo Assembly constituency|Daporijo]]
|
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[J.K. Panggeng]]
|[[Mariyang-Geku Assembly constituency|Mariyang-Geku]]
|
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:1996 establishments in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Political parties in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Political parties in Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Political parties in India]]

Latest revision as of 19:53, 6 March 2026


Arunachal Congress
LeaderKamen Ringu
FounderGegong Apang
Founded1996
Dissolved2009
Split fromIndian National Congress
Merged intoIndian National Congress
HeadquartersG-Extension, Naharlagun
IdeologyRegionalist
ColoursBlack  
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance (1998-99)
Election symbol

Arunachal Congress (AC) was a regional political party in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

It was founded in 1996 as a splinter group of the Indian National Congress, when the local party leader and Chief Minister Gegong Apang revolted against the then Congress leader P.V. Narasimha Rao.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Apang took with him 54 members of the legislative assembly of a total of 60 of Arunachal Pradesh to his new party. In the Lok Sabha elections in 1998 AC won both seats of Arunachal Pradesh.

The party received 172 496 votes (52,47% of the votes in the state). AC allied itself with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was a founding member of the National Democratic Alliance. Omak Apang the son of Gegong Apang, who had been elected from the constituency Arunachal West was appointed a minister in the Centre government.

Split[edit | edit source]

The successes of AC didn't last long. Directly after the 1998 elections there was a revolt within the party. Wangcha Rajkumar, who had been elected to the Lok Sabha from the constituency Arunachal East in both 1996 and 1998, accused Apang of resorting to nepotism when his son was appointed minister. Five state ministers that had sided with Rajkumar were fired by Apang.

One of the ex-ministers, Mukut Mithi, split and formed the Arunachal Congress (Mithi). AC(M) was able to gather 40 members of the legislative assembly and Mithi formed a government. Initially both AC and AC(M) supported the Vajpayee government, but since Rajkumar wasn't allotted a ministerial post AC(M) merged with the Indian National Congress ahead of the 1999 elections.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections of 1999 AC ran in alliance with BJP. Omak Apang stood in Arunachal West (came second with 70 760 votes, 30,07% in that constituency). In Arunachal East Rajkumar now back in INC defeated the BJP candidate.

One reason, it claimed, that the AC-BJP combine fared so badly was that several armed factions especially the powerful National Socialist Council of Nagaland in the area worked against them.

The legislative assembly elections the same year gave even worse results. AC launched 38 candidates, but only one (Gegong Apang) was elected. In total the party got 68 645 votes (16,68% of the votes in the state).

Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections the political map of Arunachal Pradesh had been redrawn yet again. 25 July 2003 there was a new split in the INC, and a new party Congress (Dolo) was formed.

Apang formed a front called the United Democratic Front consisting of himself, Congress (D), an expelled Congress MLA and two independents. In total Apang was able to gather 41 MLAs around gum, and on 3 August Apang was again sworn in as Chief Minister of the state.

On 30 August Apang joined BJP] and took with his 41 MLAs. Thus BJP controlled a state government in the North-East for the first time.

Arunachal Congress did however continue to exist as a party even after that the founder Apang had joined BJP.

Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections AC talked about calling for a boycott, as a protest against that Chakma and Hajong refugees had been given the right to vote in the state. In the end the party did however decide to contest, this time allied with Indian National Congress. AC launched its new party president, Kamen Ringu, in Arunachal West. Ringu came second and got 76 527 votes (34,54% in that constituency). In Arunachal East INC had launched a candidate, who also came second.

In the legislative assembly elections in 2004 AC had put up 11 candidates, out of whom two were elected.

The leadership of the party is called Arunachal Congress Working Committee (ACWC).

The organization Arunachal Congress Volunteer Force is probably related to the party.

Just before the 2009 Assembly election, Arunachal Congress merged with Indian National Congress.

List of Chief & Union Ministers[edit | edit source]

Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Constituency Portrait Name Term Period Governor
Tuting–Yingkiong
Gegong Apang
Mata Prasad
Union Minister of State
Constituency Portrait Name Ministry Term period Prime Minister
Arunachal West
Omak Apang Minister of State for Tourism in Second Vajpayee ministry 20 March 1998-13 October 1999 1 year 207 days
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year Lok Sabha Sr.

no.

Name Constituency Margin
1998 Indian general election 		12th Lok Sabha 1.
Omak Apang
Arunachal West
2. Wangcha Rajkumar
Arunachal East

Elected Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year Sr.

no.

Name Constituency Margin
1999 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 		1. Gegong Apang Tuting–Yingkiong
Members of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year Sr.

no.

Name Constituency Margin
2004 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 		1. Daklo Nidak Daporijo
2. J.K. Panggeng Mariyang-Geku

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Congress retains Arunachal Pradesh". Rediff. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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