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Alo Libang

Alo Libang (born 1 March 1964) is an Indian politician from the state of Arunachal Pradesh.[1] He is the current Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Women and Child Development & Tribal Affairs of Arunachal Pradesh.[2]

Alo Libang
Member Of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2009
ConstituencyTuting-Yingkiong
Personal details
Born (1964-03-01) 1 March 1964 (age 62)
CitizenshipIndia
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (2017-Present)
Other political
affiliations
EducationBachelor of Arts
Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC), Pasighat

Alo Libang was elected uncontested as a candidate from the Tuting-Yingkiong constituency in the 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate[1][2][3][4][5] and in the 2019 Assembly election, by securing 5800 votes, he was again elected from the same Constituency by defeating Janata Dal (Secular) candidate Gegong Apang by a margin of 1609 votes.[6][7]

Early life and education

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Alo Libang was born and brought up in a small village called Simong,[8] 10 kilometres away from Yingkiong Town, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh.[9] He was well versed in public speaking from his childhood. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree at Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat under Rajiv Gandhi University, the former Arunachal University in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.[10]

Political career

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He made his foray into politics during the year 2009 and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh, as a candidate from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).[11] He later joined the Indian National Congress in 2012.[12] He has held many important portfolios in the cabinet ofArunachal Pradesh, and currently serves as Minister od Health & Family Welfare, Social Welfare, Women & Child Development, Social Justice, Empowerment & Tribal Affairs. In September 2016, he was sworn in as the Deputy Speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly[13][14] and in the 2019 election he was elected from the Tuting-Yingkiong (ST) constituency as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.[15]

Public policies and schemes

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Some of Libang's major contributions in the field of public service include the launching of the HRMIS (Human Resources Management Information System) state-level flagship programme under the National Health Mission (NHM) to ensure timely and transparent dispensation of Health services across all districts[16] as the first of its kind in the State, the Mission 'Pratiraksha" programme to ensure 100 percent immunisation coverage of children in the State to curb the spread of preventable diseases, which achieved 67 percent immunisation,[17] and the introduction of the 'Sarkaar Apke Dwaar' (Government at your Doorstep) initiative in remote areas of Tuting, Upper Siang to make basic government services more accessible to the local population.[18] In April 2020, he inaugurated a COVID-19 Testing Lab at Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Science (TRIHMS) Itanagar, which was the first ever Covid-19 Testing Facility in the State and the third in Northeast India after Assam and Mizoram.[19] The Health Minister was reported Covid-19 positive along with six other legislators from Arunachal Pradesh in September 2020.[20]

2019 assembly elections

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Alo Libang contested the 2019 Legislative Assembly election and won a seat in the Arunachal Legislative Assembly as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Tuting-Yingkiong constituency.[21] He adopted the 'Chowkidar' (watchman) campaign slogan, also espoused by current Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, as well as the slogan "Main bhi Chowkidaar" (roughly translating to "me too watchman") to express solidarity with the party vision of the BJP.[22] He secured a total of 5800 votes and defeated the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate Gegong Apang and Tsepa Wanchuk Khampa by a margin of 1609 and 5472 votes respectively.[23]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 CEO Arunachal Pradesh. List of contesting candidates Archived 2014-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Assam Tribune. Congress wins 11 seats unopposed in Arunachal Archived 2014-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Election results". Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "19 Newcomers Win Arunachal Assembly Poll". The New Indian Express. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "16 Arunachal ministers, Parliamentary secretaries lose in assembly polls". The Economic Times. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tuting Yingkiong Election Results 2019 Live Updates:Alo Libang of BJP Wins". News18. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh Assembly results live updates | BJP wins 7 Assembly seats, leads in both LS seats". The Hindu. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Simong". Simong. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. ↑ http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3arunachal2014/82/ALO%20LIBANG.pdf [dead link]
  10. ↑ "Alo Libang(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- TUTING-YINGKIONG(UPPER SIANG) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Alo Libang elected Deputy Speaker in Arunachal Assembly". India Today. PTI. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Alo Libang elected Deputy Speaker in Arunachal Assembly". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "Alo Libang Archives". The Statesman. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  14. ↑ The Times of India (9 September 2016). "Alo Libang elected Arunachal deputy speaker". Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  15. ↑ Desk, The Hindu Net (23 May 2019). "Arunachal Pradesh Assembly results live updates | BJP wins 7 Assembly seats, leads in both LS seats". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2019. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Alo Libang launches HRMIS (Human Resource Management Information System)". The Sentinel. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "Arunachal: State mission launched to accelerate immunisation". NORTHEAST NOW. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "Libang attends Sarkar Apke Dwar at Tuting: Arunachal Pradesh". The Sentinel. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  19. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh gets its first COVID-19 testing lab". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  20. ↑ Desk, Sentinel Digital (15 September 2020). "Arunachal Health & Family Welfare Minister Alo Libang tests COVID positive - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  21. ↑ "BJP announces candidates for Andhra, Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections. Check full list". www.indiatvnews.com. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "Chowkidar Campaign A Runaway Hit, PM To Take It Forward, Says Minister". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  23. ↑ "Tuting Yingkiong Election Results 2019 Live Updates:Alo Libang of BJP Wins". News18. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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