Akhil Gogoi

Spotlight on Assam's tea garden districts as first phase of campaigning ends; Opposition bets on CAA, BJP offers NRC correction

A total of 47 seats will go to polls on 27 March, which will decide the fate of 264 candidates, including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Congress' Debabrata Saikia and Ripun Bora, jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi and Assam Jatiya Parishad president Lurinjyoti Gogoi

'NIA tortured me, offered bail if I joined RSS, BJP': Akhil Gogoi in letter

The letter released by Gogoi's newly floated political outfit Raijor Dal said that the activist leader was taken to Delhi on 18 December, 2019, without the court's permission

Assam Assembly Election 2021: As Raijor Dal and AJP 'friendlies' near, time will tell if disaster or masterstroke

Although the election is an opportunity for these parties to prove their political mettle, the run-up to the poll has already been filled with myriad confusions, claims, accusations and questionable tactics

Assam tea, identity take centrestage as Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi canvass northeastern state

Building on the party's 'five guarantees' campaign for the Assam polls, the Congress launched its manifesto promising Rs 2,000 per month for every housewife and law to nullify the CAA

Assam Assembly Election 2021: Fissures in Raijor Dal as 'secret' Congress role in Jorhat, Mariani emerges

The chaos and confusion within Raijor Dal in Jorhat and elsewhere has brought back the importance of the tenets of discipline, transparency and no holds barred communication in the functioning of a political party

Assam Assembly election: Over 173 candidates file nominations for 47 seats in phase 1

Jailed Raijor Dal leader Akhil Gogoi will contest in the first phase from Mariani and Sibsagar as an Independent, as the party is yet to be recognised by EC

Assam polls 2021: AJP releases 2nd list of 50 candidates; chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi to contest from Naharkatia, Duliajan

The AJP has joined hands with jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi's party, Raijor Dal, with the aim of ousting the BJP-led ruling coalition

Anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam tests COVID-19 positive in Guwahati Central Jail

A senior police officer said that 435 inmates of the jail have so far tested positive for COVID-19, including activist and peasant leader Akhil Gogoi.

Akhil Gogoi gets bail in three cases related to anti-CAA protests in Assam, NIA court to decide on two more

NIA is investigating two cases, which were initially registered at Chandmari and Chabua police stations, related to Gogoi's alleged role in the violent protests

Jailed Assam KMSS leaders Bitu Sonowal, Dhaijya Konwar test COVID-19 positive; Akhil Gogoi has symptoms, say reports

Sources have claimed KMSS adviser Akhil Gogoi, who was booked under the UAPA Act and imprisoned during the movement against the CAA, has also been infected with COVID-19.