Assam: Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi takes oath as MLA, alleges manhandling at the Assembly
Gogoi had won the Sibsagar constituency in the recently held state elections by a margin of over 11,000 votes Yesterday · 09:13 pm Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi takes oath as an MLA in Assam Assembly on Friday, May 21. | Akhil Gogoi/Twitter screengrab
Jailed peasants’ rights activist Akhil Gogoi on Friday took oath as an MLA in the Assam Assembly after a National Investigation Agency court allowed him to do so. Gogoi, who had won the Sibsagar constituency in the recently held state elections, is the first person in Assam’s history to have won an election from jail, according to