Arunachal assembly dissolved

ITANAGAR, July 27: The Arunachal Pradesh Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) SK Sinha on Tuesday dissolved the state Assembly on the recommendation of the Cabinet. The state Cabinet which met here on Monday, under the chairmanship of chief minister Mukut Mithi, had recommended the dissolution of the House to facilitate simultaneous elections to the Assembly along with the Lok Sabha polls. The Cabinet spokesperson and information and public relations minister TC Teli said "this decision was necessitated in order to save money and labour, as holding two elections within a six months will cost Rs 10 cr which is not justified for a resource crunch-hit state like Arunachal Pradesh." Teli said, "This was a unanimous decision and all legislators and party functionaries were taken into confidence before the Cabinet recommended dissolution of the Assembly".