Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], June 13 (HBTV): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pema Khandu took oath as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for a third consecutive term on Thursday.  

A swearing-in ceremony was held at the DK State Convention Centre in Itanagar. Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju, and Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended the event. 

Khandu, 44, became chief minister for the first time in 2016. He was re-elected the leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday, paving the way for him to be sworn in as the chief minister for a third straight term.  

The BJP won 46 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh assembly in the elections that was conducted simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election. The BJP won ten seats unopposed in the state before the elections were held.       

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