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New Delhi: Amid growing calls for the resignation of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu after the Supreme Court ordered a Centra Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged corruption charges against his family, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the state have defended Khandu and said that the question of a leadership change doesn’t arise.

Arunachal Pradesh BJP chief Kaling Moyong has said that the party would “fully respect the judicial process” and won’t take any decision until the probe concludes, reported Economic Times.

On April 6, the Supreme Court had ordered a preliminary probe by the CBI into the allegations against the Arunachal Pradesh Government for awarding public contracts to companies owned by relatives of CM Khandu.

According to petitioners who approached the Supreme Court, the Arunachal Pradesh government carried out procurement and awarded works illegally and arbitrarily to Khandu, his........

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