Congress finalises Arunachal LS seats

ITANAGAR, August 16: The ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh has finalised the list of candidates for the two Lok Sabha seats in the state going to the polls on October 3. According to party sources, Wangsha Rajkumar, member of the dissolved Lok Sabha, is likely to be the candidate for the Arunachal Pradesh East seat, while advocate Jorbam Gambling will contest from the Arunachal Pradesh West seat. However, the lists of candidates for both the Lok Sabha and 60 Assembly seats will be formally announced in a day or two after the return of party president Dera Natung from New Delhi. The sources said there were three aspirants for East and four for the West seats. The transport minister Tengam Ngemu and former MLA CK Manpoong were the applicants for the East Lok Sabha seat, besides Wangcha Rajkumar, while former Union minister PK Thungon, former MLA Chera Talo and youth leader Tame Passing were the applicants for the West seat besides Gambling.