Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi, who made history by winning Assembly polls from jail in 2021, on Sunday said he is not happy being a legislator compared to his activism days, when the former peasant leader could raise "people's issues" more "directly and stro
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He has been barred from meeting the public
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Sibsagar MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi arrives to visit his family after an NIA court granted 2 day parole to him on humanitarian grounds, in Guwahati, Friday, June 25, 2021.
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He has been barred from meeting the public
Sibsagar MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi was on June 25 allowed to go home after almost 550 days in captivity, but for two days.
A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) granted him 48-hour parole after he wished to visit his wife and teenaged son in Guwahati and mother in Jorhat, about 310 km east.
Assam MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi, mediapersons face firing during visit to a village on Nagaland border
Seeing their aggressive nature and not taking any risk, the entire team retreated and ran for safety, an official said.
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JORHAT: Miscreants and alleged land encroachers from Nagaland fired at Congress MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi, his security team and a group of journalists from Assam when they went to visit a village in Dessoi Valley forest in Jorhat district on Thursday, but no one was hurt.
Expressing deep concern over the incident, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered Special DGP (Law and Order) Gyanendra Pratap Singh to rush to the spot and carry out a detailed investigation into the matter.