In Arunachal Pradesh, Smt.
Chakat Aboh was sworn in as
a member of the state
Legislative Assembly today.
The Oath was administered
by Assembly Speaker
Passang Dorjee Sona at
Dorjee Khandu Auditorium in
the Assembly Secretariat in
Itanagar. Smt. Chakat Aboh,
wife of slain NPP leader
Tirong Aboh, won the recently
held by-election to the
Khonsa (West) Assembly as
independent candidate. She
defeated Azet Homtok,
another independent
candidate by 1887 votes
With this the number of
women representatives in the
Arunachal Assembly has
become 4 in the 60-seat
legislature.
