Itanagar, Jun 12 (PTI) Pema Khandu will become the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third term in a row, BJP sources said.

Khandu was elected the BJP Legislature Party leader at a meeting here on Wednesday.

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BJP's central observers Ravi Sankar Prasad and Tarun Chugh attended the meeting.

Khandu will stake claim to form the government later in the day, sources said.

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