{"id":21213,"date":"2022-11-04T10:45:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T05:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/?p=21213"},"modified":"2022-11-04T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T05:15:18","slug":"arunachals-tawang-festival-cancelled-after-mla-jambey-tashis-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/arunachals-tawang-festival-cancelled-after-mla-jambey-tashis-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachal\u2019s Tawang festival cancelled after MLA Jambey Tashi\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Itanagar, Nov 04: <\/strong>The\u00a02022 edition of the Tawang festival, which is held in Arunachal Pradesh every year, has been cancelled.<\/p>\n

The Tawang festival has been cancelled this year as a mark of respect to MLA Jambey Tashi, who died on November 2 in Guwahati.<\/p>\n

The three-day Tawang festival was slated to start on November 4.<\/p>\n

Tawang festival, which is held in Arunachal Pradesh every year, is one of the much-visited and awaited festivals in the Northeast.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the Tawang festival was held for the first time.<\/p>\n

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Also Read<\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong>Arunachal CM Pema Khandu\u2019s brother Jambey Tashi passes away in Guwahati<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n
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Notably, Arunachal Pradesh MLA Jambey Tashi was a patron of the Tawang festival.<\/p>\n

BJP MLA from Lumla constituency in Arunachal Pradesh \u2013 Jambey Tashi breathed his last at Down Town Hospital in Guwahati, Assam in the wee hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He was 48 years old.<\/p>\n

Notably, Jambey Tashi also happens to be a cousin of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu.<\/p>\n

Jambey Tashi was a BJP MLA from Lumla<\/a> <\/span>constituency of the Tawang\u00a0<\/span>district of Arunachal Pradesh. The 44-year-old Tashi was also a Member of the National Minority Morcha, BJP. He had previously been a member of the Indian National Congress and People\u2019s Party of Arunachal.<\/p>\n

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu shared the news on Twitter and wrote,\u00a0\u201cDemise of brother Shri Jambey Tashi ji, Hon MLA of Lumla Assembly Constituency is a huge personal loss to me and I am so deeply pained at this tragedy. I join the family in my prayers for the departed. Dear Brother, may you attain supreme bliss of Nirvana. Om Mani Padme Hum.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Demise of brother Shri Jambey Tashi ji, Hon MLA of Lumla Assembly Constituency is a huge personal loss to me and I am so deeply pained at this tragedy. <\/p>\n

I join the family in my prayers for the departed. Dear Brother, may you attain supreme bliss of Nirvana. <\/p>\n

Om Mani Padme Hum\ud83d\ude4f pic.twitter.com\/TSdIJtqtoj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Pema Khandu \u0f54\u0f51\u0fa8\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f41\u0f60\u0f0b\u0f60\u0f42\u0fb2\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f0d (@PemaKhanduBJP) November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n