The unnatural death of predecessor Kalikho Pul returned to haunt Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu on Monday as his government that changed three party colours completed a year in office amid a ‘black day’ protest. The milestone is personal for Khandu, as his government wearing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s saffron has more than five months to go to complete a year. The chief minister had first headed a Congress government that switched over to the regional People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) and then to BJP on December 31 last year. The Mere Vichaar Andolan Committee (MVAC) on Monday observed ‘black day’ to mark Khandu’s one year in power and staged a demonstration in state capital Itanagar. The frontier state had been experiencing political turbulence since October 2015, when former chief minister Nabam Tuki removed Pul as finance minister.

Source: Hindustan Times July 17, 2017 06:08 UTC