Arunachal BJP unit breaks relation with PPA

  Itanagar, August 11 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh BJP unit has severed relations with its North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) partner, the Peoples Party of Arunachal (PPA).   The announcement to this effect was made by state BJP president Tapir Gao during the state executive meeting of the party here yesterday.   NEDA Convener Himanta Biswa Sarma passed on the decision of the BJP central leaders to break alliance with PPA to Gao, who made the announcement yesterday. "The BJP will treat PPA at par with the Congress as an opponent political party," a release stated.   The BJP has 47 MLAs in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly with effective strength of 59 with two independents supporting the party. The PPA has nine MLAs and the Congress has one legislator.