Omak Apang (born 11 March 1971) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He was born to parents of Adi descent. He is the son of politician Gegong Apang, who served as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh between 1980 and 1999 and again between 2003 and 2007. He served as the minister of state for tourism in Second Vajpayee ministry as its youngest minister in 1998–99.[1] He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Congress as well as the Indian National Congress and currently, a member of Bharatiya Janata Party after resigning from the primary and active membership of the Indian National Congress in February 2014 and joining the BJP on 20 February 2014.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
He was member of Parliament from Arunachal West (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1998 but in 1999, Apang once again stood from Arunachal West came second with 70 760 votes, 30,07% in that constituency.[8]
References
edit- ^ "The youngest minister". Rediff.com. 20 March 1998. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Congress stalwart Gegong Apang joins BJP". Times Of India. 20 February 2014.
- ^ Geogang Apang resigns Congress to join BJP
- ^ My Neta Profile
- ^ Omak Apang cuts his hair
- ^ Apang’s family seeks CBI probe
- ^ Double blow for former CM
- ^ Arunachal West at Election in
External links
edit- Biographical Sketch at indiapress.org