Itanagar, Feb. 22 -- Ahead of the upcoming Panchayat elections over 1000 members and voters from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) officially joined the Indian National Congress (INC) on Saturday, in East Siang District in Arunachal.

The merger ceremony, held at Uma Ganga Ecological Resort in Rayang village near Ruksin, saw the presence of Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) working president Bosiram Siram, District Congress Committee president Alen Perme, and other prominent leaders.

The en-bloc merger, led by Tamat Saroh, the former election agent of NCP in the 37th Pasighat West Assembly Constituency, involved key NCP figures, including former party candidate Tapyam Pada and several block and village-level office bearers....