Politician Thangwang Wangham appointed as new National People’s Party (NPP) president

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ITANAGAR: Senior politician Thangwang Wangham has been appointed as the new president of the Arunachal Pradesh unit of the National People’s Party (NPP). In an appointment letter on Sunday, NPP national president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma announced the appointment, stating that Wangham would assume the position immediately, party sources informed here on Monday. Wangham succeeded Mutchu Mithi, the NPP MLA from Roing constituency in the Lower Dibang Valley district of the state, who stepped down from the post earlier this month. Wangham, a seasoned politician, had previously represented the Longding-Pumao Assembly constituency in the Longding district of the state for two consecutive terms.

In the 2009 assembly elections, he won the seat as a Congress candidate, and in 2014, he returned as a People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) candidate. He contested the 2019 election from the constituency on an NPP ticket and lost to BJP candidate Tanpho Wangnaw. Mithi was appointed as the party’s state unit president in 2021 for three years. The NPP has four MLAs in the 60-member state assembly.

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