Tuting-Yingkiong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Tuting and Yingkiong are village and administrative town headquarters respectively of Upper Siang in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.[1][2] Upper Siang is the name of the district where the village Tuting and Yingkiong Town are located. The village was recently in spotlight due to Chinese People's Liberation Army incursion and construction of roads inside Indian territory.[3] The village is under the administrative control of an additional deputy commissioner.[4]

Tuting-Yingkiong is one of the 60 constituencies in the legislative assembly of Arunachal Pradesh. The MLA as of October 2016) Alo Libang, Minister, Health & Family Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Arunachal Pradesh.[5]

Member of Legislative Assembly

See also

References
  1. "Tuting location". Wikiedit Site. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. "Yingkiong location". Wikiedit Site. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "Chinese road-building team entered 1km inside Arunachal, sent back by Indian Army: Sources". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. "Directory | District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh". Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. "Council of Minister – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing". Retrieved 24 December 2018.


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