Akhil Gogoi files nomination from hospital, calls for driving BJP out

Jailed rights activist Akhil Gogoi on Monday submitted nomination papers for the Sivasagar and Mariani Assembly constituencies from the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH).

Mr. Gogoi is the president of Raijor Dal, a brand new regional get together fashioned virtually similtaneously its ally, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) six months in the past.

An election group collected Mr. Gogoi’s papers from the hospital the place he filed his nominations to the returning officers through video-conference. He is dropped at the hospital from the central jail on the outskirts of Guwahati for periodic check-ups.

Soon after submitting his papers, Mr. Gogoi wrote a six-page letter addressed to the individuals of Assam, claiming he has been held captive by the BJP-led authorities since December 2019.

“It is time to perform the BJP’s visarjan [immersion]. You, the people of Assam should come out to defeat the traitorous BJP. Together, we will have to drive out the BJP from power at any cost. Raijor Dal is all set to teach the saffron party a lesson for selling the country in the upcoming elections,” he stated within the handwritten letter.

Supporters chased away

The police had, previous to the nomination, chased his supporters away from the GMCH for shouting anti-BJP slogans.

AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi too submitted his nominations from Duliajan and Naharkatia constituencies on Monday.

“The people of Assam will give a befitting reply to the BJP government this time. My victory in both the constituencies is confirmed,” he stated after submitting his papers.

All the 4 constituencies that the presidents of the 2 regional events are contesting are in japanese Assam, the place the primary section of polling is on March 27.

‘AGP for development’

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president Atul Bora additionally filed his nomination papers from Bokhkhat on Monday.

Later, at a celebration rally attended by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, he stated no different get together or alliance aside from that of AGP-BJP and their allies had been dedicated to Assam’s improvement.

“No government has ensured speedy development as much as the Sonowal government. All the Congress did was pamper illegal migrants for vote bank politics at the cost of the security of Assam and its indigenous communities. One should keep this in mind,” he stated.

Among others who filed their nominations on Monday was Ajanta Neog, a former Congress Minister who joined the BJP in December 2020.

Mr. Sonowal will file his papers from “island” constituency Majuli on Tuesday.