Pani Taram, who joined the BJP earlier this year, is the only candidate from Koloriang, the Assembly seat he won in 2014 on a People’s Party of Arunachal ticket. He later joined the National People’s Party and lost to the BJP’s Lokam Tassar in the last election.
The National People’s Party (NPP) has released its first list of candidates for 29 assembly constituencies out of 60 in Arunachal Pradesh. The list was released on Wednesday. The Lok Sabha and the assembly polls in the state will be held simultaneously on April 11.