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$Not happy as MLA, as activist raised people\'s issues more: Akhil Gogoi$

1 year, 9 months ago

Not happy as MLA, as activist raised people\'s issues more: Akhil Gogoi

Guwahati: Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi, who became a sensation in the state by winning Assembly polls from jail in 2021, on Sunday said he is not happy being a legislator and missed his activist days, when the former peasant leader could raise "people's issues" more "directly and strongly". The first-time MLA from Sibsagar constituency also claimed that he is alone …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Gauhati High court reserves order in Akhil Gogoi sedition cases

The Hindu

The Gauhati High Court on January 9 reserved its order in a case against activist turned MLA Akhil Gogoi challenging his acquittal in a couple of sedition cases. On June 22, 2021, the Special Court of the National Investigation Agency cleared him of all charges against him under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, for allegedly instigating violence during the protests …

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$\'Bharat Jodo Yatra\' of Assam Cong reaches Guwahati$

2 years, 1 month ago

\'Bharat Jodo Yatra\' of Assam Cong reaches Guwahati

Deccan Chronicle

GUWAHATI: The Assam Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' reached the state's largest city Guwahati on Thursday, with opposition party Raijor Dal also joining the long march. All India Congress Committee general secretary Jitendra Singh, state Congress presidents of Assam, Sikkim and Manipur, former Arunachal Pradesh CM Nabam Tuki and other leaders participated in the 8-km march through the streets of the …

Congress Yatra Guwahati Cong Raijor Dal

3 years, 1 month ago

Bypoll Results: Strong CMs Win, Lessons for BJP & Cong. What's the Big Picture?

The Quint

The results are a big win for the ruling National Democratic Alliance government in the state as the BJP and its ally United People's Party Liberal swept all five seats that voted in the bypolls. The Congress had already fared badly in Upper Assam but now it has lost two more seats in the region – Mariani and Thowra – …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Akhil Gogoi to revive anti-CAA movement

The Hindu

Sibsagar MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi has vowed to revive the anti-Citizenship Act movement that lost steam in Assam after a violent start in December 2019. “We will resume the anti-CAA movement and not allow any foreigner to stay in the State,” Mr Gogoi told journalists in Nagaon on Friday, about 125 km east of Guwahati, on the …

State Nia Gogoi

3 years, 5 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi released from jail after being cleared in UAPA case

Firstpost

“Truth has finally prevailed, though no efforts were spared to keep me behind the bars,” the Raijor Dal chief told reporters after his release Guwahati: Assam legislator Akhil Gogoi on Thursday walked free after more than a year-and-a-half in captivity as a special NIA court cleared him of all charges under UAPA for his alleged role in the violent anti-CAA …

Guwahati Nia Gogoi Raijor Dal

3 years, 5 months ago

Activist-politician Akhil Gogoi granted two-day parole to visit family

The Hindu

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 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. “We had …

Nia Gogoi

3 years, 7 months ago

Anti-CAA Activist Akhil Gogoi Becomes First MLA in Assam to Win Election from Jail

News 18

Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a decisive 11,875 votes. The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal — arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges — bagged 57,219 votes as an …

Gogoi

3 years, 7 months ago

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi wins Assam polls from Sibsagar constituency

India Today

Farm activist and president of newly formed political party Raijor Dal, Akhil Gogoi -- currently lodged in jail for his alleged role in violence during the anti-CAA movement in Assam, has won the state assembly election from the Sibsagar constituency. Akhil Gogoi is the president of Raijor Dal was formed in October last year backed by farmer organisation Krishak Mukti …

Assam Election Bjp This Election Akhil Raijor Dal Sibsagar

3 years, 7 months ago

3 new parties formed against CAA fail to make a mark in Assam elections

Op India

While the assembly election results in West Bengal have thrown up a surprise, as the state has given a clear mandate again for TMC against the close contest predicted by most pollsters, there were no such surprises in neighbouring Assam. Ahead of the assembly elections in Assam, three new political parties were formed with one common agenda, to repeal the …

Elections Results Assam Congress Parties Party State

3 years, 8 months ago

BJP planned creation of AJP, Raijor Dal to split anti-CAA votes: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu

Assam’s Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the BJP had encouraged the creation of two regional parties — the Assam Jatiya Parishad and jailed activist Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal — ahead of the State polls in order to split the anti-Citizenship Act votes. Whether it is AJP or Raijor Dal or any other party, they have been floated …

Congress Sarma Caa Raijor Dal Bjp Planned Ajp

3 years, 8 months ago

Assam Assembly Election 2021: Strong regionalism, and not polls, is key to survival of Assamese sub-nationalism

Firstpost

In the emotion of Assamese sub-nationalism thrives regionalism for Assam, and it is for the community — and neither AJP nor Raijor Dal or anyone else — to decide what future course it seeks for itself Editor’s note: Regionalism or more effectively Assamese sub-nationalism has always been part and parcel of politics in Assam whether this idea is in vogue …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Assembly Elections 2021: Campaigning for First Phase Polls Comes to an End in West Bengal, Assam

News 18

Curtains came down at 5 pm on Thursday on the high decibel campaign in 30 assembly seats in West Bengal and 47 assembly constituencies in Assam. The star BJP campaigners for the seats going to poll in the first phase were Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The hectic campaigning for the first phase was marked by …

Assam Congress Campaign West Bengal Party Mamata Banerjee State

3 years, 8 months ago

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

Firstpost

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 The high-pitched campaign for the first phase of the Assam election ended on Thursday with polling set …

Tea Assam Congress Campaign Opposition Party State

3 years, 8 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Akhil Gogoi branded Maoist deliberately, says Medha Patkar

The Hindu

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Thursday said people who orchestrate mob lynching have been labelling Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi as a terrorist of the Maoist kind to keep him behind bars. This was because the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government in Assam was scared of him, she told journalists in Guwahati after campaigning for the jailed Raijor …

Maoist State Gogoi Patkar

3 years, 9 months ago

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

Firstpost

Editor’s note: Regionalism or more effectively Assamese sub-nationalism has always been part and parcel of politics in Assam whether this idea is in vogue or in retreat. The new political parties — Raijor Dal and Assam Jatiya Parishad — that were formed on the backdrop of the anti-CAA are facing their first electoral battle in this state election. Image courtesy …

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3 years, 9 months ago

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

Firstpost

Hopes rise and fall quickly in the field of politics. The sudden withdrawal of candidature by Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi from his hometown Mariani constituency, which is a satellite town of Jorhat, has shocked many including party members and has literally put their faith in the party leadership on a test. On the same day, Dibya Jyoti Sharma, the …

Congress Election Party Committee Bjp Sharma Mla

3 years, 9 months ago

Jailed Anti-CAA Activist Akhil Gogoi Takes Back Candidature from Mariani Seat

News 18

The newly floated Raijor Dal on Thursday announced that its chief and jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi will withdraw his nomination from Mariani constituency and contest only from Sivasagar seat. Addressing a press conference here, Raijor Dal Working President Bhasco De Saikia said the decision to withdraw Gogoi’s nomination from Mariani was taken primarily to ensure defeat of the BJP …

Bjp Gogoi Sivasagar Mariani Seat

3 years, 9 months ago

Jailed Activist Akhil Gogoi Files Papers from Hospital Bed As Candidate of Newly Floated Raijor Dol

News 18

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi filed his nomination for the upcoming Assembly election in Assam via video conferencing from the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital on Monday. The peasant leader filed his nominations for two constituencies of upper Assam – the prestigious Sibsagar and Mariani seat – as a candidate of the newly floated Raijor Dal. State Election Commission officials reached …

Guwahati Gmch Nia Gogoi Caa Raijor Dol Newly Floated

3 years, 9 months ago

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi to contest Assam Assembly polls from Sivasagar

India Today

Jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming Assam Assembly election from Sivasagar constituency as a candidate of the newly formed political party Raijor Dal. Akhil Gogoi is also the president of Raijor Dal backed by Assam’s farmer organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti and 70 other organisations. He further said that, president of Raijor Dal Akhil Gogoi will contest …

Dal Sivasagar Raijor Dal Party Assam

3 years, 9 months ago

Jailed Activist Akhil Gogoi to Contest Assam Elections from Sibsagar Constituency

News 18

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming elections in Assam from Sibsagar as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal. Announcing the list of 17 candidates that the party fielded in the first two phases, Raijor Dal working president Bhasco De Saikia said that Gogoi, the party’s president, will contest from the Sibsagar constituency in Upper Assam. In the …

Contest Phase Gogoi Sibsagar

4 years, 2 months ago

Ahead of 2021 Assam Polls, Akhil Gogoi's KMSS Floats Political Party 'Raijor Dal'

News 18

Guwahati: The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti along with 70 indigenous groups and a regional party on Friday floated a political outfit to fight the Assam assembly elections due next year, outgoing president of the peasant body Bhasco De Saikia said. The new party, named 'Raijor Dal' was launched on Gandhi Jayanti and the birthday of jailed KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi …

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Not happy as MLA, as activist raised people\'s issues more: Akhil Gogoi

Gauhati High court reserves order in Akhil Gogoi sedition cases

\'Bharat Jodo Yatra\' of Assam Cong reaches Guwahati

Bypoll Results: Strong CMs Win, Lessons for BJP & Cong. What's the Big Picture?

Akhil Gogoi to revive anti-CAA movement

Anti-CAA protests: Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi released from jail after being cleared in UAPA case

Activist-politician Akhil Gogoi granted two-day parole to visit family

Anti-CAA Activist Akhil Gogoi Becomes First MLA in Assam to Win Election from Jail

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi wins Assam polls from Sibsagar constituency

3 new parties formed against CAA fail to make a mark in Assam elections

BJP planned creation of AJP, Raijor Dal to split anti-CAA votes: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Assembly Election 2021: Strong regionalism, and not polls, is key to survival of Assamese sub-nationalism

Assembly Elections 2021: Campaigning for First Phase Polls Comes to an End in West Bengal, Assam

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

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Akhil Gogoi branded Maoist deliberately, says Medha Patkar

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

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

Jailed Anti-CAA Activist Akhil Gogoi Takes Back Candidature from Mariani Seat

Jailed Activist Akhil Gogoi Files Papers from Hospital Bed As Candidate of Newly Floated Raijor Dol

Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi to contest Assam Assembly polls from Sivasagar

Jailed Activist Akhil Gogoi to Contest Assam Elections from Sibsagar Constituency

Ahead of 2021 Assam Polls, Akhil Gogoi's KMSS Floats Political Party 'Raijor Dal'