Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Arunachal East
State : Arunachal Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Tapor Gao
Mother's Name : Smt. Yamot Gao
Date of birth : 01 Oct 1964
Profession : Social Worker Agriculturist
Positions held :
1994-96 President, Youth Congress (I), Aurnachal Pradesh1996-98 President, Arunachal Congress Youth Front (ACYF), Aurnachal Pradesh1999 Member, State Executive, B.J.P.1999-2003 Member, National Council, B.J.P.2003-2004 Vice-President, B.J.P., Arunachal PradeshNational Secretary, B.J.P.2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaB.J.P. Incharge, Manipur StateMember, Committee on Home Affairs, Development of North Easter Region(DONER) and North Easter Council (NEC)Member, Consultative Committee, Civil AviationMember, Informal Consultative Committee, NF Railways5 August 2006 Member, Committee on Home Affairs5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Committee on Home AffairsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Working for the upliftment and preservation of social and cultural tradition of tribals in Arunachal Pradesh and for welfare of STs/SCs and downtrodden of the country; creating awareness among the people living in far-flung remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh to see the world outside their home-state by arranging Bharat Darshan Yatra
Special Interests
Exhorting the energetic youths of the new generation for their active participation in taking Arunachal Pradesh to new heights of achievements by removing the triple enemies of the society viz; poverty, disease, illiteracy and ignorance; gardening and reading, Indo-China Relations, Agriculture Sector, Sustainable Development
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Visiting forests and places of environmental and tourist interest, farming, reading newspapers, viewing and listening to news on television and radio
Sports and Clubs
Table tennis, football, badmintion
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Chairman, Vigilance and Monitering Committee, A.P.; Vice-Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, Government of India, 2003-2004; President, National Students Union of India (NSUI), Arunachal Pradesh, 1987-94; General Secretary, (i) Adi Branch Students Union (ABSU), 1980-84; (ii) Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat Arunachal Pradesh 1986; Joint Secretary, Arunachal Pradesh, Indigenous Tribal Right Organisation APITRO, 1996-98; Member, (i) Court of the University of Nagaland, (ii) National Commission for Scheduled CAstes & Scheduled Tribes, Government of India (2001-03), Board of Directors Forest Corporation, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, 1994-99; and (iv) Panchayat Abhiyan (1989); Patron, All India SC/ST, Airport Authority of India
