Congress legislator Pema Khandu is set to become the next chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh after incumbent Nabam Tuki resigned.
Tuki and Khandu met Governor Tathagata Roy yesterday. 
Earlier, Tuki resigned as Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, paving way for Khandu’s election.
Tuki, reinstated as the chief minister following a Supreme Court verdict on Wednesday, proposed the name of Khandu, son of former chief minister Dorjee Khandu, as the next CLP leader.
The proposal was supported by all 44 legislators - 15 Congress and 29 dissident Congress legislators who had joined the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) in February.
The 44 legislators also include Kalikho Pul, who unseated Tuki and became the chief minister in February.
“It’s a big victory for the Congress in Arunachal Pradesh,” Tuki said after meeting the governor.
“The recent crisis was started by the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). However, all their evil designs have failed as the Congress has been able to put its house in order. I hope it will be big lesson for the BJP,” he said.
Khandu said: “Tuki has tendered his resignation and I have handed over to the governor the list of 44 legislators supporting me as the chief minister. “The governor said he would go by the formalities and let us know about the next move.”
Khandu, a graduate from Hindu College in Delhi, was inducted in the Tuki ministry in 2011 after his father died in a plane crash in Arunachal Pradesh.
He was later given the portfolio of tourism and water resource development. Khandu, however, resigned from the Tuki cabinet in 2014.
Asked about his swearing in ceremony, Khandu said he was waiting for a response from the governor. “I hope the swearing in ceremony will take place in a day or two,” he said.
After the return of the 30 PPA legislators to the Congress yesterday, the strength of the party has become 45, which includes Speaker Nabam Rebia.
The Congress also said it has the support of two Independent legislators. The effective strength of the Arunachal assembly is 58 now.
Earlier, the governor reinstated Tuki as the chief minister following the Supreme Court judgment and asked him to take a floor test to prove his majority support.
Tuki urged the governor to defer the session by 10 days but Roy refused.
In New Delhi, the Congress welcomed the latest political developments in Arunachal Pradesh.
“This has been proved now that only the Congress can give stable administration in the northeast,” Congress spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters.