Background
He was born to parents of Adi descent.
He was born to parents of Adi descent.
He served as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from 18 January 1980 to 19 January 1999 and again from August 2003 to April 2007, when he was replaced by Dorjee Khandu. Presently he has joined BJP. Apang was first elected as Chief Minister in 1980. Only a few months later, Apang and his supporting MLAs merged with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first time the BJP had ever ruled a state in north-eastern India.
He remained Chief Minister until 9 April 2007, when he resigned after pressure from other Congress MLAs led to the election of Dorjee Khandu as Congress Legislature Party leader.
Apang resigned from the primary and active membership of the Congress party on 17 February 2014 (party sources said) and joined the BJP on 20 February 2014. Apang was arrested in August 2010 for alleged corruption relating to a 1000 crore private distribution system scam.
Apang denied the charges and claimed they are politically motivated, though the government stated that the investigation was conducted independently and without political interference. The scam allegedly involved fradulent hill transport subsidy bills that were passed while Apang was Chief Minister without the required financial oversight.
He held the position until 1999, when he resigned following a no-confidence vote caused by a split in the ruling Congress Party. He was elected leader of the newly formed United Democratic Front, a coalition of his own political party, the Arunachal Congress and several others, in 2003. A few months after the BJP-ruled National Democratic Alliance lost power at the centre during 2004 elections, Apang returned to the Indian National Congress.