Sarma on Monday said that Gogoi was not of sound mind and was undergoing treatment for psychological issues at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital for the past four months
How Can a Sick Person Attend Assembly : Assam CM s Dig at Akhil Gogoi s Mental Health Draws Flak
Following criticism of the CM s comments, four members of Gogoiâs organisation and affiliated bodies were detained. The latter believe this was because the government feared protests.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Photo: Twitter/@himantabiswa
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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has come in the face of criticism after asking in the assembly as to how a “sick person” undergoing treatment for “psychological issues” could attend sessions while responding to opposition parties’ demand that incarcerated MLA Akhil Gogoi be allowed to attend.
Raijor Dal, whose president Akhil Gogoi won the recent polls despite being in jail since 2019 December for his alleged role in the anti-CAA unrest, on Tuesday urged India’s Opposition parties to unite to defeat the “communal” BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The party, formally launched in January to fight the recently-concluded Assembly polls, issued the appeal while congratulating Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamul Congress for “decisively defeating” the BJP in the Assembly polls.
Raijor Dal, which could manage to win only one (Akhil Gogoi from Sivasagar LAC) of the 38 seats it contested, said Banerjee led “from the front” and “ensured” that the BJP was defeated.
AJP leaders address the media in Guwahati
GUWAHATI: Amid widening political rift between the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and Raijor Dal (RD) after the two regional allies fielded candidates in same constituencies in some of the BJP strongholds in upper and northern Assam regions, the influential All Assam Minority Students’ Union (Aamsu) leader Azizur Rahman’s joining the Raijor Dal has given a major boost to the latter’s prospects in minority seats in lower Assam. Lower Assam is the saffron party’s weakest link, say party insiders.
A ‘friendly contest’ between Congress and AIUDF in five lower Assam constituencies and the fear of losing grip over grassroots workers of the two grand alliance partners because of seat exchange may divide Muslim votes unexpectedly, benifitting peasant activist Akhil Gogoi’s RD.