GUWAHATI: Ahead of the third and final phase of the assembly elections, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi was confident that the results will signal the return of the old trend of Assam giving mandate to a new party every five years. Except for his father Tarun Gogoi’s 15-year unbroken stint, Assam hasn’t given two consecutive terms to any party after 1985.
However, Congress has been missing their tallest leader even though Gogoi says his father’s memory has endured and will be a significant factor even in this election. “As we travelled across the state, we realised that he is respected everywhere. People were still talking about him,” said Gogoi who is Congress s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha.
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi waves at his party supporters during a rally in Dibrugarh district. (PTI Photo)
GUWAHATI: Ahead of the third and final phase of the assembly elections, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi was confident that the results will signal the return of the old trend of Assam giving mandate to a new party every five years. Except for his father Tarun Gogoi’s 15-year unbroken stint, Assam hasn’t given two consecutive terms to any party after 1985.
However, Congress has been missing their tallest leader even though Gogoi says his father’s memory has endured and will be a significant factor even in this election. “As we travelled across the state, we realised that he is respected everywhere. People were still talking about him,” said Gogoi who is Congress s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha.
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In Assam’s history, the Mughals find reference mainly as the invading enemy pushed back 18 times, culminating in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat when the invaders were dealt the final humiliating defeat by the Ahom empire. The hero was Ahom general Lachit Barphukan, whose legend straddles history and folklore. Another soldier stood out in that victory Barphukan’s lieutenant Bagh Hazarika aka Ismail Siddique, an Assamese Muslim who commanded 1,000 men. It was them and more before them who made certain that Mughal footprints on Assam were hardly any and for very brief periods. And that is the reason many in the state were left bemused when chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal claimed recently that “attacks of Mughals on Assam continues” to this day.