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"But the BJP leadership used every dirty trick in the trade and installed the late Kalikho Pul as Chief Minister. GUWAHATI: Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Gegong Apang on Tuesday resigned from the party, saying it was no longer following the principles of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The BJP in the past has always asked the views of legislature and party members and then decided on leadership issues. "I am disappointed to see that the present day BJP is no longer following the principles of the late Vajpayeeji," Apang said in his resignation letter sent to BJP President Amit Shah. "The decision to put Pema Khandu's name as Chief Minister before the election is neither the norm nor the tradition that a cadre-based party like BJP had followed..