Nabam Rebia

Nabam Rebia (born August 10, 1962 in Ompuli, P.O. Doimukh, Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh) is a politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former Member of the Parliament of India representing Arunachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is the MLA from Arunachal's constituency of Doimukh and minister of Urban Development, Town Planning, Housing, Urban Local Bodies and Law and Justice in BJP-led Pema Khandu government in Arunachal Pradesh.

On September 16, 2016, he was one of 43 MLAs from the ruling Indian National Congress defected to People's Party of Arunachal, an ally of Bharatiya Janata Party under the leadership of CM Pema Khandu.[1][2][3][4]

In December 2016, he along with 33 MLAs from People's Party of Arunachal joined its ally Bharatiya Janata Party after PPA suspends its CM Pema Khandu along with 6 other MLAs. He was made Minister of Urban Development, Town Planning, Housing, Urban Local Bodies and Law and Justice in BJP-led Pema Khandu government in Arunachal Pradesh.[5][6]

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