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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

TMC MPs' NCPI merger bid revives memories of Arunachal's Khandu playbook

New Delhi: The plan of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs to merge with a lesser-known unrecognised party has "striking similarities" with a split in the Congress' Arunachal Pradesh unit led by Pema Khandu in 2016, former Election Commission officials have said.

In 2016, Arunachal saw one of the biggest political realignments in the Northeast. In September that year, Khandu and 42 Congress MLAs joined the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA), while former chief minister Nabam Tuki stayed with the Congress.

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