People's Party of Arunachal
People's Party of Arunachal | |
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| President | Nabam Vivek |
| Founder | Bakin Pertin |
| Founded | 10 April 1977 |
| Headquarters | Mowb-II, Near AG office Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ideology | Regionalism Anti-CAA |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance | NDA (2016–2018), (2024–present) |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245
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| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 543
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| Seats in Arunachal Pradesh | 6 / 60
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| Election symbol | |
Maize | |
| Website | |
| People's Party of Arunachal | |
Peoples Party of Arunachal is a regional political party in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded in September 1977 by Bakin Pertin, Oken Lego and L. Wanglat as president, Vice President and General Secretary of the party. Tomo Riba resigned from PK Thungon government of Congress Party and joined PPA as Vice President of the party. Currently, Kamen Ringu is the chairman of the party. They were in power in Arunachal until all of their MLAs defected back to Indian National Congress.
On 16 September 2016, 43 MLAs from the ruling party, under the CM Pema Khandu, left Indian National Congress to join People's Party of Arunachal party, in alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party. In December 2016, CM Pema Khandu proved majority on the floor with 33 of the People's Party of Arunachal's 43 legislators joining the Bharatiya Janata Party as the BJP party increased its strength to 45 and secured an absolute majority.