Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday said that to empower women the state government has included a woman minister in the cabinet adding the induction of women in the cabinet is a motivation for all the women section.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, after being sworn in on Thursday for the third straight term, immediately got to work by convening the first Cabinet meeting in the afternoon in Itanagar and laid the foundation for building a Viksit Arunachal in the next five years.
The Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and other senior officials of the state government and staff of the Chief Minister's Office welcomed Khandu after he arrived at his office.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Pema Khandu on taking the oath as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister. He further congratulated others who took oaths as ministers in the state.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, congratulated Pema Khandu on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive time.
Tight security arrangements have been made for the swearing-in ceremony, which will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers JP Nadda and Kiren Rijiju, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and others.
Khandu was on Wednesday re-elected as leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Arunachal Pradesh, paving the way for him to be sworn in as the Chief Minister for the third term in a row. He will take the oath of office along with his cabinet on Thursday. He became CM for the first time in 2016