Pema Khandu sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday July 17,2016

Pema Khandu, son of the late Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, has been sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday after Nabam Tuki resigned as the leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) and stepped down from the post of CM.

The 37-year-old Pema, who became the youngest chief minister in the country doesn't have to take the floor test after governor Tathagat Roy said he was satisfied with Khandu's show of strength on Saturday where he paraded 45 MLAs to prove the government's majority.

Chowna Mein was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister and both the leaders were administered oath by the governor at Raj Bhavan in Itanagar.

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Hours ahead of the scheduled floor test in the Assembly on Saturday, the Congress Legislature Party had elected Pema Khandu, in place of Nabam Tuki

Nabam Tuki's resignation and his replacement by the Congress party was seen as a strategic attempt to win back rebels who had teamed up with Kalikho Pul to form a government in the state with outside support from the BJP.