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“Tuki was the chief minister for three times in the state and he is a nice person. Asked about the party’s poll prospect in the northeast which has 25 Lok Sabha seats, the Union minister said the party would win 21 to 22 seats in the region. Itanagar: BJP candidate for the Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency, Kiren Rijiju, on Sunday said Congress nominee Nabam Tuki, who has been in politics for the past 25 years, should now pave way for others.The Union minister of state for home affairs, who won from the seat in 2004 and 2014, said his main fight would be with Tuki, a former chief minister. As per the ground report, the party along with its allies will win 21 to seats in the northeast. I share a good relationship with him,” Rijiju told reporters here.Rijiju said Tuki had done a lot in his 25-year long political innings in the state under various capacities and added the former CM should now pave way for others.“It is my duty to do for the people what Tuki could not do and there is no reason that Tuki should come back to show his mettle..