Arunachal’s New Rulers: More about 3 former civil servants -- JP Rajkhowa, GS Patnaik and YS Dadwal

Governor Rajkhowa

ON THE night of the Republic Day, the Centre appointed two civil servants -- former Delhi government’s home secretary and IAS GS Patnaik and former Delhi commissioner of police and IPS YS Dadwal -- as advisors to Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, after President of India had given his assent to the union cabinet’s proposal of imposing President’s rule in the state where a revolt by 21 Congress MLAs against their chief minister Nabam Tuki led to a crisis and political instability. Interestingly, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, 71, himself is…